Ejiao Act of 2025
Key claim: The Ejiao Act of 2025 (HR5544) would restrict trade and related activities involving ejiao and donkey hides, referred to Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Judiciary.
Abstract
(HR5544 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2025-09-23): Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Why this matters
The Ejiao Act would create a new import/export restriction on a specific wildlife-derived product (donkey hides used in traditional Chinese medicine), affecting U.S. importers and consumers of ejiao while signaling animal-welfare-driven trade controls. Its multi-committee referral (Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Judiciary) indicates the measure blends tariff/customs authority with wildlife and enforcement policy. Status is introduction only, so effects on trade flows remain prospective.