# 119-hr-4255: Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025

119-hr-4255, Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ); status in_committee (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4255
- Congress: 119
- Title: Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-06-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 12
- Policy area: Animals
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Would delist the Mexican wolf from the Endangered Species Act.** The bill would also nullify specific U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rules and bar using Mexico’s recovery status when making future U.S. listing or recovery decisions. - Farmers and ranchers near the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area: the bill would remove federal ESA protections for the Mexican wolf. The bill cites at least 286 wild and about 350 captive Mexican wolves documented by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by the end of 2024 and cites livestock losses and financial burdens on nearby producers. - Federal wildlife management: the bill would nullify two USFWS final rules published in 2015 and 2022, removing those regulatory frameworks that governed the wolf’s listing and the nonessential experimental population. - Future U.S. listings and plans: the bill would prohibit the Interior Secretary and USFWS from considering the wolf’s recovery status in Mexico when writing recovery plans or when changing the wolf’s listing status in the United States.

## Cosponsors (12)

- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] (R-CO), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2] (R-AZ), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] (R-MT), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] (R-CA), 2025-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Fewer federal Mexican wolf rules for landowners: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would remove the Mexican wolf from the Endangered Species Act lists in the U.S. Two Fish and Wildlife Service rules from 2015 and 2022 would no longer apply. If the wolf is listed again later, the agency would be barred from using Mexico data when planning recovery or changing…

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- 119-hr-556: Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act
- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act
- 119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4255 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4255)

## Related
- [119-hres-719: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-719)
- [119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-425)
- [119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-38)
- [119-hr-556: Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-556)
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
- [119-hr-1181: Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1181)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4255 (as of 2026-04-21).