HELP PETS Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 7, 2025, with one cosponsor, a Republican
IntroducedJan 7, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 63 words.
Higher Education Loses Payments for Painful Experiments, Tests and Studies Act or the HELP PETS Act This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) from receiving federal funds if the IHE conducts or funds painful research on dogs or cats. Painful research refers to any research, biomedical training, experimentation, or biological testing classified in specified pain categories by the Department of Agriculture.
Context
- Committees
- House Education and Workforce Committee
- Policy area
- Education: 22 of 3,602 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.6%)
- Sponsor
- 0 of 120 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 284 words
- Subjects
- Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsEducation programs fundingHigher educationResearch and developmentResearch ethics
- Latest action
- Jan 7, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 297 HELP PETS Act R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]