HR 233 · in committee · significant
HELP PETS Act
- education
What this bill does
- This bill bars colleges from receiving federal funds if they conduct or fund painful experiments on dogs or cats.
- It affects higher education institutions that receive federal funding and conduct animal research.
- The Department of Agriculture will classify which research counts as painful under existing pain categories.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would colleges distinguish between painful experiments on dogs and cats versus other animals like primates or rodents under this bill's requirements?
- 02
What types of federally-funded research at universities might be delayed or discontinued if institutions lose funding eligibility for conducting painful experiments on these two species?
- 03
Should the Department of Agriculture's existing pain classification system be the standard for determining which experiments trigger funding loss, or should Congress establish new criteria?
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Sponsor · R-NY-11
Nicole Malliotakis
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Introduced 2025-01-07
Legislative timeline
2025-01-07 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-01-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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