HELP PETS Act

Introduced Jan 9, 2025Latest action Jan 9, 2025Education

Plain-English summary

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.

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People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Nicole Malliotakis

Sponsor · Republican · NY

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Official Subjects

EducationAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsEducation programs fundingHigher educationResearch and developmentResearch ethics

Sources & text

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