KITTEN Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5780
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2018-05-11
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships

Government studies and investigations

Medical research

Research ethics
Latest action: action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Kittens In Traumatic Testing Ends Now Act of 2018 or the KITTEN Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the Department of Agriculture from using cats in experiments that may cause pain or stress, unless the pain or stress is a result of a physical exam or training program.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5780 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 11, 2018 Mr. Bishop of Michigan (for himself and Mr. Panetta ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to end the use of cats in experiments that cause pain or stress.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kittens In Traumatic Testing Ends Now Act of 2018 or the KITTEN Act of 2018 . 2. Limitation on experimentation on cats Section 14 of the Animal Welfare Act is amended— (1) by striking Any department, agency, and all that follows through and (h) ; (2) by inserting the following: (a) In general Except as provided in subsection (b), any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States having laboratory animal facilities shall comply with the standards and other requirements promulgated by the Secretary for a research facility under subsections (a), (f), (g), and (h) of section 13. ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Beginning not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, in carrying out research, the Secretary may not purchase, breed, transport, house, feed, maintain, dispose of, or conduct experiments on cats as part of the conduct of any study that would subject cats to potentially painful or stressful procedures, including pain or stress that may be mitigated by anesthetics, analgesics, or tranquilizer drugs, except when such pain or stress is a result of a physical exam or training program. .