Protecting Dogs Subjected to Experiments Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 574 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 26, 2023 Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Ms. TITUS, Mr. POSEY, Mr. PA- NETTA, Mr. MAST, and Ms. SLOTKIN) 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 bio- logical, medical, or behavioral research involving the test- ing of dogs. 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 ‘‘Protecting Dogs Sub- 4 jected to Experiments Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:24 Feb 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H574.IH H574 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 574 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS BY NA- 1 TIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FOR CER- 2 TAIN RESEARCH INVOLVING THE TESTING OF 3 DOGS. 4 No Federal funds made available to the National In- 5 stitutes of Health may be used for the purposes of con- 6 ducting biological, medical, or behavioral research involv- 7 ing the testing of dogs. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:24 Feb 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H574.IH H574 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB