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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6186 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Director of the 

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from conducting 

or supporting research that causes significant pain or distress to a 

dog, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 8, 2021 

Ms. MACE (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. POSEY, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. 

GIMENEZ, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Ms. TITUS, 

and Ms. TLAIB) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the 

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from conducting or supporting research 

that causes significant pain or distress to a dog, and 

for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Preventing Animal 

5 Abuse and Waste Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘PAAW Act of 

6 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RESEARCH CAUSING SIGNIFICANT 

2 PAIN OR DISTRESS TO DOGS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 6 of part C of title IV 

4 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285f et seq.) 

5 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 447D. PROHIBITION ON RESEARCH CAUSING SIGNIFI7 CANT PAIN OR DISTRESS TO DOGS. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Institute 

9 may not conduct or support any research that causes sig10 nificant pain or distress to a dog. 

11 ‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘re12 search that causes significant pain or distress’ includes 

13 any study classified in pain category D or E by the De14 partment of Agriculture.’’. 

15 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub16 section (a) applies beginning on the date that is 90 days 

17 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 3. REPORTING. 

19 (a) NIH STUDY ON RESEARCH CAUSING PAIN OR

20 DISTRESS TO DOGS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 

22 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 

23 of the National Institutes of Health shall— 

24 (A) submit a report to the Congress on all 

25 ongoing or prospective research that causes sig26 nificant pain or distress to a dog conducted or 


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1 supported by the National Institute of Allergy 

2 and Infectious Disease; and 

3 (B) include in such report the amount of 

4 funds obligated or estimated to be obligated for 

5 each such research. 

6 (2) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘re7 search that causes significant pain or distress’’ in8 cludes any study classified in pain category C, D, or 

9 E by the Department of Agriculture. 

10 (b) NIAID STUDY ON EFFORTS TO PHASE OUT USE

11 OF DOGS IN TESTING.—Not later than 6 months after 

12 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Na13 tional Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shall 

14 submit a report to the Congress on— 

15 (1) the efforts to phase out the use of dogs in 

16 studies that are conducted or supported by the Insti17 tute; and 

18 (2) any barriers to such phase out. 

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