Legislation

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.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
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- Davis, Donald G. (North Carolina, District 1)
- Kim, Young (California, District 40)
- Malliotakis, Nicole (New York, District 11)
- Nehls, Troy E. (Texas, District 22)
- Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D.C., At Large)
- Titus, Dina (Nevada, District 1)
Status:
- 2/6/25: Introduced in House.
S. TBD: The FDA Modernization Act 3.0 – To 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.
Sponsors:
- Senators:
- Booker, Cory (New Jersey)
- Blumenthal, Richard (Connecticut)
- Kennedy, John Neely (Louisiana)
- King, Angus (Maine)
- Lujan, Ben Ray (New Mexico)
- Marshall, Roger (Kansas)
- Paul, Rand (Kentucky)
- Schmitt, Eric (Missouri)
- Whitehouse, Sheldon (Rhode Island)
Status:
- 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.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
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- Fitzgibbon, Joe (District 34)
- Fosse, Mary (District 38)
- Gregerson, Mia (District 33)
- Peterson, Strom (District 21)
- Pollet, Gerry (District 46)
- Ramel, Alex (District 40)
- Reed, Julia (District 36)
Status:
- 1/27/25: First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
- Postsecondary Education & Workforce Committee members:
- Entenman, Debra (District 47)
- Graham, Jerry (District 6)
- Keaton, Michael (District 25)
- Leavitt, Mari (District 28)
- Ley, John (District 18)
- McEntire, Joel (District 19)
- Mendoza, Gloria (District 14)
- Nance, Greg (District 23)
- Paul, Dave (District 10)
- Pollet, Gerry (District 46)
- Reed, Julia (District 36)
- Rude, Skyler (District 16)
- Salahuddin, Osman (District 48)
- Schmidt, Suzanne (District 4)
- Thomas, Brianna (District 34)
- Timmons, Joe (District 42)
- Ybarra, Alex (District 13)
- Postsecondary Education & Workforce Committee members: