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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5020 
To prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars to support animal experimentation 
in the laboratories of adversarial nations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2023 
Mrs. MCCLAIN (for herself and Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars to support animal 
experimentation in the laboratories of adversarial nations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accountability in For-
eign Animal Research Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING RESEARCH ON ANIMALS 
IN CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may not— 
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(1) directly or indirectly conduct research that 
involves testing on vertebrate animals in any facility, 
or through any entity, owned or controlled, directly 
or indirectly, by— 
(A) any of the foreign countries specified 
in subsection (b); or 
(B) such other foreign country that the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Defense, determines is a foreign 
country of concern for the purposes of this Act; 
or 
(2) support, through grants, subgrants, con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, or other funding ve-
hicles, research that involves testing on vertebrate 
animals conducted by any entity based in a foreign 
country referred to in paragraph (1). 
(b) FOREIGN COUNTRIES SPECIFIED.—The foreign 
countries specified in this subsection are the following: 
(1) The People’s Republic of China, including 
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 
(2) The Islamic Republic of Iran. 
(3) The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 
(4) The Russian Federation. 
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(c) REPORT ON ADDITION TO LIST OF FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall submit to the chairperson and 
ranking member of each of the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress a report with respect to each in-
stance in which the Secretary makes a determination 
with respect to a country under subsection (a)(1)(B) 
that contains a detailed accounting of the Sec-
retary’s reasoning for such determination. 
(2) TIMING.—A report shall be submitted under 
paragraph (1) not later than 60 days after the date 
of an instance described in such paragraph. 
(3) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate com-
mittees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; 
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(E) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; and 
(F) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives. 
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