KITTEN Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1622 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to limit experimentation on cats. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 7, 2019 Mr. PANETTA (for himself, Mr. MAST, Ms. SLOTKIN, and Mr. HURD of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ag- riculture 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 18:11 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1622.IH H1622 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1622 IH (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 18:11 Mar 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1622.IH H1622 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS