Ejiao Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5544 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5544 To prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of donkeys or donkey hides for the purpose of producing ejiao, to prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of products containing ejiao, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 23, 2025 Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Steube, Ms. Titus, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Gottheimer, and Mr. Carson) introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of donkeys or donkey hides for the purpose of producing ejiao, to prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of products containing ejiao, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Ejiao Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Ejiao is a gelatin created from the skins of donkeys which is used in traditional Chinese medicine, beauty, cosmetic, and other luxury products. (2) The donkey skin trade for the production of ejiao is decimating global donkey populations and harming impoverished global communities. (3) Studies have shown that the use of ejiao is unnecessary in the production of these products since the gelatins from other sources, including plants, may be used instead. (4) Millions of donkeys are slaughtere