Protecting Dogs Subjected to Experiments Act

Bill: 117-hr-8699
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2022-08-09
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships

Animals

Mammals

Medical ethics

Medical research

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Research administration and funding

Research ethics
Latest action: action_date: 2022-08-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-08-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting Dogs Subjected to Experiments Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the National Institutes of Health from funding biological, medical, or behavioral research that involves testing dogs.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8699 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 9, 2022 Mr. Steube (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to the National Institutes of Health for the purposes of conducting biological, medical, or behavioral research involving the testing of dogs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Dogs Subjected to Experiments Act . 2. Prohibition on use of Federal funds by National Institutes of Health for certain research involving the testing of dogs No Federal funds made available to the National Institutes of Health may be used for the purposes of conducting biological, medical, or behavioral research involving the testing of dogs.