Legislation

Paws Up for More Just Laws

Make your voice heard! The law is an important tool in the fight to end nonhuman animal experimentation. Urge your legislators to support laws that recognize the interests of nonhuman animals and protect them from human use and exploitation.

Federal Bills

H.R. TBD: The Cease Animal Research Grants Overseas (CARGO) Act – To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the NIH from awarding any support for an activity or program that uses live animals in research unless the research occurs in the US.

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  • 2/6/25: Introduced in House.

S. TBD: The FDA Modernization Act 3.0To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a process for the qualification of nonclinical testing methods to reduce and replace the use of animals in nonclinical research, improve the predictivity of nonclinical testing methods, and reduce development time for a biological product or other drug, and for other purposes.

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  • 1/29/25: Introduced in Senate.

State Bills

House Bill 1617: Requires the Washington National Primate Research Center to publish annually on its website: (i) the number of nonhuman primates who, in the previous year were used in research, used in breeding, born, purchased or sold, co-housed or individually housed, injured or died in a manner that resulted in an animal welfare citation by the USDA, killed or died as part of research, injured or died due to causes not related to research, and/or experienced unintended illness or infection; (ii) descriptions of research using nonhuman primates; (iii) the total amount of money awarded from each source; (iv) USDA inspection reports related to animal welfare; (v) conservation efforts; and (vi) documentation of accreditation.

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