KITTEN Act of 2019

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 708 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to limit experimentation on cats. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 7, 2019 Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- trition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Animal Welfare Act to limit experimentation on cats. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kittens In Traumatic 4 Testing Ends Now Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘KITTEN Act 5 of 2019’’. 6 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON EXPERIMENTATION ON CATS. 7 Section 14 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 8 2144) is amended— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:04 Mar 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S708.IS S708 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 708 IS (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Any de- 1 partment’’ and inserting the following: 2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any department’’; 3 (2) in subsection (a) (as so designated), in the 4 second sentence, by striking ‘‘Any department’’ and 5 inserting the following: 6 ‘‘(b) EXHIBITING ANIMALS.—Any department’’; and 7 (3) by adding at the end the following: 8 ‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EXPERIMEN- 9 TATION ON CATS.—Not later than 90 days after the date 10 of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall not 11 purchase, breed, transport, house, feed, maintain, dispose 12 of, or conduct an experiment on a cat as part of any study 13 or research that would subject that cat to a procedure that 14 may cause pain or stress, including pain or stress that 15 may be mitigated by anesthetics, analgesics, or tranquil- 16 izer drugs, unless the pain or stress is a result of a phys- 17 ical exam or training program.’’. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:04 Mar 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S708.IS S708 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS