AWARE Act

Bill: 114-s-388
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2015-02-05
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Agricultural research

Animal protection and human-animal relationships

Livestock

Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Animal Welfare in Agricultural Research Endeavors Act or the AWARE Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to apply standards for humane treatment to farm animals at federal research or laboratory animal facilities. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 388 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 5, 2015 Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Schatz , and Mr. Durbin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Animal Welfare Act to require humane treatment of animals by Federal Government facilities.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Animal Welfare in Agricultural Research Endeavors Act or the AWARE Act . 2. Animal welfare Section 14 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2144 ) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking Any and inserting the following: (1) In general Subject to paragraph (3), any Federal research facility or any other ; (2) in the second sentence, by striking Any and inserting the following: (2) Animal exhibition Any ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (3) Exclusions not applicable For purposes of the application of standards and other requirements described in paragraph (1) to a Federal research facility or any other department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States having laboratory animal facilities, the exclusions contained in section 2(g)(3) shall not apply. .