HR 297 · in committee · significant
HELP PETS Act
- education
What this bill does
- Bars colleges and universities from receiving federal funds if they conduct or fund painful experiments on dogs or cats.
- Affects higher education institutions that perform animal research classified as causing pain by the Department of Agriculture.
- Enforcement tied to federal funding eligibility with no specified implementation date or transition period mentioned.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would colleges and universities currently conducting federally-funded pain research on dogs and cats transition their studies to comply with this funding restriction?
- 02
What alternative research methods exist for the types of studies currently using dogs and cats, and how would the transition affect research timelines and costs?
- 03
Which institutions and research programs would lose federal funding under this bill, and what would be the impact on scientific advancement in affected fields?
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Sponsor · R-NY-11
Nicole Malliotakis
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House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-09
Legislative timeline
2025-01-09 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-01-09 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-09 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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