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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2716 

To prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars to support animal experimentation 

in the laboratories of adversarial nations. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 

Ms. ERNST introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars to support animal 

experimentation in the laboratories of adversarial nations. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accountability in For5 eign Animal Research Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING RESEARCH ON ANIMALS 

7 IN CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

9 Human Services may not— 


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1 (1) directly or indirectly conduct research that 

2 involves testing on vertebrate animals in any facility, 

3 or through any entity, owned or controlled, directly 

4 or indirectly, by— 

5 (A) any of the foreign countries specified 

6 in subsection (b); or 

7 (B) such other foreign country that the 

8 Secretary of Health and Human Services, in 

9 consultation with the Secretary of State and the 

10 Secretary of Defense, determines is a foreign 

11 country of concern for the purposes of this Act; 

12 or 

13 (2) support, through grants, subgrants, con14 tracts, cooperative agreements, or other funding ve15 hicles, research that involves testing on vertebrate 

16 animals conducted by any entity based in a foreign 

17 country referred to in paragraph (1). 

18 (b) FOREIGN COUNTRIES SPECIFIED.—The foreign 

19 countries specified in this subsection are the following: 

20 (1) The People’s Republic of China, including 

21 the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 

22 (2) The Islamic Republic of Iran. 

23 (3) The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 

24 (4) The Russian Federation. 


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1 (c) REPORT ON ADDITION TO LIST OF FOREIGN

2 COUNTRIES.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

4 Human Services shall submit to the chairperson and 

5 ranking member of each of the appropriate commit6 tees of Congress a report with respect to each in7 stance in which the Secretary makes a determination 

8 with respect to a country under subsection (a)(1)(B) 

9 that contains a detailed accounting of the Sec10 retary’s reasoning for such determination. 

11 (2) TIMING.—A report shall be submitted under 

12 paragraph (1) not later than 60 days after the date 

13 of an instance described in such paragraph. 

14 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON15 GRESS.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate com16 mittees of Congress’’ means— 

17 (A) the Committee on Appropriations of 

18 the Senate; 

19 (B) the Committee on Health, Education, 

20 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 

21 (C) the Committee on Homeland Security 

22 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

23 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

24 the House of Representatives; 


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1 (E) the Committee on Energy and Com2 merce of the House of Representatives; and 

3 (F) the Committee on Homeland Security 

4 of the House of Representatives. 

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