Legislation
Federal Bills
S. 2555, H.R. 5041: The Better CARE for Animals Act of 2023 – This bill would amend the Animal Welfare Act to expand and improve the enforcement capabilities of the Attorney General, enhancing collaboration between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the United States Department of Agriculture and enabling the DOJ to enforce the Animal Welfare Act more effectively.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Alma S. Adams (North Carolina, District 12)
- Pete Aguilar (California, District 33)
- Colin Z. Allred (Texas, District 32)
- Gabe Amo (Rhode Island, District 1)
- Jake Auchincloss (Massachusetts, District 4)
- Becca Balint (Vermont, At Large)
- Nanette Diaz Barragan (California, District 44)
- Joyce Beatty (Ohio, District 3)
- Ami Bera (California, District 6)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (Virginia, District 8)
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Georgia, District 2)
- Earl Blumenauer (Oregon, District 3)
- Suzanne Bonamici (Oregon, District 1)
- Brendan F. Boyle (Pennsylvania, District 2)
- Julia Brownley (California, District 26)
- Vern Buchanon (Florida, District 16)
- Cori Bush (Missouri, District 1)
- Nikki Budzinski (Illinois, District 13)
- Yadira Caraveo (Colorado, District 8)
- Salud O. Carbajal (California, District 24)
- Tony Cardenas (California, District 29)
- Mike Carey (Ohio, District 15)
- Andre Carson (Indiana, District 7)
- Matt Cartwright (Pennsylvania, District 8)
- Greg Casar (Texas, District 35)
- Kathy Castor (Florida, District 14)
- Judy Chu (California, District 28)
- Juan Ciscomani (Arizona, District 6)
- Yvette Clarke (New York, District 9)
- Emanuel Cleaver (Missouri, District 5)
- Steve Cohen (Tennessee, District 9)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (New Jersey, District 12)
- Gerald E. Connolly (Virginia, District 11)
- J. Luis Correa (California, District 46)
- Joe Courtney (Connecticut, District 2)
- Jason Crow (Colorado, District 6)
- Anthony D’Esposito (New York, District 4)
- Sharice Davids (Kansas, District 3)
- Danny K. Davis (Illinois, District 7)
- Madeleine Dean (Pennsylvania, District 4)
- Diana DeGette (Colorado, District 1)
- Suzan DelBene (Washington, District 1)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (Pennsylvania, District 17)
- Mark DeSaulnier (California, District 10)
- Debbie Dingell (Michigan, District 6)
- Lloyd Doggett (Texas, District 37)
- Veronica Escobar (Texas, District 16)
- Anna Eshoo (California, District 16)
- Adriano Espaillat (New York, District 13)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (New Mexico, District 3)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania, District 1)
- Lizzie Fletcher (Texas, District 7)
- Bill Foster (Illinois, District 11)
- Valerie P. Foushee (North Carolina, District 4)
- Lois Frankel (Florida, District 22)
- Maxwell Frost (Florida, District 10)
- Ruben Gallego (Arizona, District 3)
- John Garamendi (California, District 8)
- Andrew R. Garbarino (New York, District 2)
- Jesus G. “Chuy” Garcia (Illinois, District 4)
- Mike Garcia (California, District 27)
- Robert Garcia (California, District 42)
- Sylvia R. Garcia (Texas, District 29)
- Daniel S. Goldman (New York, District 10)
- Jimmy Gomez (California, District 34)
- Vicente Gonzalez (Texas, District 34)
- Josh Gottheimer (New Jersey, District 4)
- Al Green (Texas, District 9)
- Raul M. Grijalva (Arizona, District 7)
- Josh Harder (California, District 9)
- Jahana Hayes (Connecticut, District 5)
- James A. Himes (Connecticut, District 4)
- Steven Horsford (Nevada, District 4)
- Steny H. Hoyer (Maryland, District 5)
- Val Hoyle (Oregon, District 4)
- Jared Huffman (California, District 2)
- Glenn Ivey (Maryland, District 4)
- Jeff Jackson (North Carolina, District 14)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (Illinois, District 1)
- Pramila Jayapal (Washington, District 7)
- Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (Georgia, District 4)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (California, District 37)
- William R. Keating (Massachusetts, District 9)
- Robin Kelly (Illinois, District 2)
- Ro Khanna (California, District 17)
- Daniel T. Kildee (Michigan, District 8)
- Derek Kilmer (Washington, District 6)
- Andy Kim (New Jersey, District 3)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (Illinois, District 8)
- Ann McLane Kuster (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Sara Jacobs (California, District 51)
- Nick LaLota (New York, District 1)
- Greg Landsman (Ohio, District 1)
- Rick Larsen (Washington, District 2)
- John B. Larson (Connecticut, District 1)
- Michael Lawler (New York, District 17)
- Barbara Lee (California, District 12)
- Laurel M. Lee (Florida, District 15)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas, District 18)
- Summer L. Lee (Pennsylvania, District 12)
- Susie Lee (Nevada, District 3)
- Mike Levin (California, District 49)
- Ted Lieu (California, District 36)
- Zoe Lofgren (California, District 18)
- Stephen F. Lynch (Massachusetts, District 8)
- Nancy Mace (South Carolina, District 1)
- Nicole Malliotakis (New York, District 11)
- Doris Matsui (California, District 7)
- Lucy McBath (Georgia, District 7)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (Virginia, District 4)
- Betty McCollum (Minnesota, District 4)
- James P. McGovern (Massachusetts, District 2)
- Gregory W. Meeks (New York, District 5)
- Jared Moskowitz (Florida, District 23)
- Kevin Mullin (California, District 15)
- Jerrold Nadler (New York, District 12)
- Donald Norcross (New Jersey, District 1)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC, At Large)
- Seth Magaziner (Rhode Island, District 2)
- Morgan McGarvey (Kentucky, District 3)
- Robert Menendez (New Jersey, District 8)
- Daniel Meuser (Pennsylvania, District 9)
- Kweisi Mfume (Maryland, District 7)
- Gwen Moore (Wisconsin, District 4)
- Joseph D. Morelle (New York, District 25)
- Grace F. Napolitano (California, District 31)
- Richard E. Neal (Massachusetts, District 1)
- Joe Neguse (Colorado, District 2)
- Ilhan Omar (Minnesota, District 5)
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (New Jersey, District 6)
- Bill Pascrell, Jr. (New Jersey, District 9)
- Donald M. Payne, Jr. (New Jersey, District 10)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington, District 3)
- Scott Peters (California, District 50)
- Brittany Pettersen (Colorado, District 7)
- Dean Phillips (Minnesota, District 3)
- Chellie Pingree (Maine, District 1)
- Mark Pocan (Wisconsin, District 2)
- Katie Porter (California, District 47)
- Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts, District 7)
- Mike Quigley (Illinois, District 5)
- Delia C. Ramirez (Illinois, District 3)
- Jamie Raskin (Maryland, District 8)
- Guy Reschenthaler (Pennsylvania, District 14) [Sponsor]
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Delaware, At Large)
- Deborah K. Ross (North Carolina, District 2)
- Raul Ruiz (California, District 25)
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Maryland, District 2)
- Patrick Ryan (New York, District 18)
- Kilili Camacho Sablan (Northern Mariana Islands, At Large)
- Andrea Salinas (Oregon, District 6)
- Linda T. Sanchez (California, District 38)
- John Sarbanes (Maryland, District 3)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (Pennsylvania, District 5)
- Jan Schakowsky (Illinois, District 9)
- Adam B. Schiff (California, District 30)
- Bradley Scott Schneider (Illinois, District 10)
- Hillary J. Scholten (Michigan, District 3)
- Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (Virginia, District 3)
- Brad Sherman (California, District 32)
- Mikie Sherrill (New Jersey, District 11)
- Elissa Slotkin (Michigan, District 7)
- Christopher H. Smith (New Jersey, District 4)
- Eric Sorensen (Illinois, District 17)
- Darren Soto (Florida, District 9)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (New Mexico, District 1)
- Greg Stanton (Arizona, District 4)
- Haley M. Stevens (Michigan, District 11)
- Maryland Strickland (Washington, District 10)
- Eric Swalwell (California, District 14)
- Shri Thanedar (Michigan, District 13)
- Dina Titus (Nevada, District 1)
- Jill N. Tokuda (Hawaii, District 2)
- Norma J. Torres (California, District 35)
- Ritchie Torres (New York, District 15)
- Paul Tonko (New York, District 20)
- Lori Trahan (Massachusetts, District 3)
- David J. Trone (Maryland, District 6)
- Lauren Underwood (Illinois, District 14)
- Juan Vargas (California, District 52)
- Gabe Vasquez (New Mexico, District 2)
- Michael Waltz (Florida, District 6)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Florida, District 25)
- Jennifer Wexton (Virginia, District 10)
- Susan Wild (Pennsylvania, District 7)
- Brandon Williams (New York, District 22)
- Nikema Williams (Georgia, District 5)
- Frederica S. Wilson (Florida, District 24)
- Senators:
- Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut) [Sponsor]
- Cory A. Booker (New Jersey)
- Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
- Maria Cantwell (Washington)
- Benjamin L. Cardin (Maryland)
- Susan Collins (Maine)
- Christopher A. Coons (Delaware)
- Tammy Duckworth (Illinois)
- Richard J. Durbin (Illinois)
- John Fetterman (Pennsylvania)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (New York)
- John Hickenlooper (Colorado)
- Tim Kaine (Virginia)
- John Kennedy (Louisiana)
- Ben Ray Lujan (New Mexico)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada)
- Jeff Merkley (Oregon)
- Patty Murray (Washington)
- Jon Ossoff (Georgia)
- Alex Padilla (California)
- Gary Peters (Michigan)
- Jack Reed (Rhode Island)
- Jacky Rosen (Nevada)
- Bernard Sanders (Vermont)
- Brian Schatz (Hawaii)
- Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)
- Tina Smith (Minnesota)
- Chris Van Hollen (Maryland)
- Peter Welch (Vermont)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island)
Status:
- 7/27/23: Introduced in the House and the Senate.
- House: Read twice and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- House Committee on Agriculture members:
- Alma S. Adams (North Carolina, District 12)
- Mark Alford (Missouri, District 4)
- Don Bacon (Nebraska, District 2)
- James R. Baird (Indiana, District 4)
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Georgia, District 2)
- Mike Bost (Illinois, District 12)
- Shontel M. Brown (Ohio, District 11)
- Kat Cammack (Florida, District 3)
- Yadira Caraveo (Colorado, District 8)
- Salud O. Carbajal (California, District 24)
- Greg Casar (Texas, District 35)
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer (Oregon, District 5)
- Jim Costa (California, District 21)
- Angie Craig (Minnesota, District 2)
- Eric A. “Rick” Crawford (Arkansas, District 1)
- Jasmine Crockett (Texas, District 30)
- Sharice Davids (Kansas, District 3)
- Donald G. Davis (North Carolina, District 1)
- Monica De La Cruz (Texas, District 15)
- John S. Duarte (California, District 13)
- Scott DesJarlais (Tennessee, District 4)
- Randy Feenstra (Iowa, District 4)
- Brad Finstad (Minnesota, District 1)
- Jahana Hayes (Connecticut, District 5)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (Illinois, District 1)
- Ronny Jackson (Texas, District 13)
- Dusty Johnson (South Dakota, At Large)
- Trent Kelly (Mississippi, District 1)
- Doug LaMalfa (California, District 1)
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (New York, District 23)
- Frank D. Lucas (Oklahoma, District 3)
- Tracey Mann (Kansas, District 1)
- James P. McGovern (Massachusetts, District 2)
- Mary E. Miller (Illinois, District 15)
- Max L. Miller (Ohio, District 7)
- Marcus J. Molinaro (New York, District 19)
- Barry Moore (Alabama, District 2)
- Zachary Nunn (Iowa, District 3)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington, District 3)
- Chellie Pingree (Maine, District 1)
- John W. Rose (Tennessee, District 6)
- David Rouzer (North Carolina, District 7)
- Andrea Salinas (Oregon, District 6)
- Austin Scott (Georgia, District 8)
- David Scott (Georgia, District 13)
- Elissa Slotkin (Michigan, District 7)
- Eric Sorensen (Illinois, District 17)
- Darren Soto (Florida, District 9)
- Abigail Davis Spanberger (Virginia, District 7)
- Glenn “GT” Thompson (Pennsylvania, District 15)
- Jill N. Tokuda (Hawaii, District 2)
- Derrick Van Orden (Wisconsin, District 3)
- Gabe Vasquez (New Mexico, District 2)
- House Committee on Agriculture members:
- Senate: Read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry.
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry members:
- Michael Bennet (Colorado)
- Cory A. Booker (New Jersey)
- John Boozman (Arkansas)
- Mike Braun (Indiana)
- Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
- Richard J. Durbin (Illinois)
- Joni Ernst (Iowa)
- John Fetterman (Pennsylvania)
- Deb Fischer (Nebraska)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (New York)
- Charles Grassley (Iowa)
- John Hoeven (North Dakota)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (Mississippi)
- Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota)
- Ben Ray Lujan (New Mexico)
- Roger Marshall (Kansas)
- Mitch McConnell (Kentucky)
- Tina Smith (Minnesota)
- Debbie Stabenow (Michigan)
- John Thune (South Dakota)
- Tommy Tuberville (Alabama)
- Raphael Warnock (Georgia)
- Peter Welch (Vermont)
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry members:
- House: Read twice and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 9/19/23: House – Referred to the House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry
- House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry members:
- Mark Alford (Missouri, District 4)
- Don Bacon (Nebraska, District 2)
- James R. Baird (Indiana, District 4)
- Yadira Caraveo (Colorado, District 8)
- Jim Costa (California, District 21)
- Donald G. Davis (North Carolina, District 1)
- Scott DesJarlais (Tennessee, District 4)
- Randy Feenstra (Iowa, District 4)
- Jahana Hayes (Connecticut, District 5)
- Ronny Jackson (Texas, District 13)
- Trent Kelly (Mississippi, District 1)
- Tracey Mann (Kansas, District 1) [Chair]
- Marcus J. Molinaro (New York, District 19)
- Barry Moore (Alabama, District 2)
- Chellie Pingree (Maine, District 1)
- Abigail Davis Spanberger (Virginia, District 7)
- Darren Soto (Florida, District 9)
- Jill N. Tokuda (Hawaii, District 2)
- Derrick Van Orden (Wisconsin, District 3)
- House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry members:
H.R. 4757: The Cease Animal Research Grants Oversees (CARGO) Act – This bill would 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 U.S.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Dina Titus (Nevada, District 1) [Sponsor]
- Donald G. Davis (North Carolina, District 1)
- Madeleine Dean (Pennsylvania, District 4)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (Pennsylvania, District 17)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania, District 1)
- Lance Gooden (Texas, District 5)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans (Virginia, District 2)
- Young Kim (California, District 40)
- Zoe Lofgren (California, District 18)
- Nancy Mace (South Carolina, District 1)
- Nicole Malliotakis (New York, District 11)
- Brian J. Mast (Florida, District 21)
- Joe Neguse (Colorado, District 2)
- Troy E. Nehls (Texas, District 22)
- Zachary Nunn (Iowa, District 3)
- Dean Phillips (Minnesota, District 3)
- Guy Reschenthaler (Pennsylvania, District 14)
- W. Gregory Steube (Florida, District 17)
- Jill N. Tokuda (Hawaii, District 2)
- Susan Wild (Pennsylvania, District 7
Status:
- 7/19/23: Introduced in the House, and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce members:
- Rick Allen (Georgia, District 12)
- Kelly Armstrong (North Dakota, At Large)
- Troy Balderson (Ohio, District 12)
- Nanette Barragan (California, District 44)
- Gus Bilirakis (Florida, District 12)
- Larry Bucshon (Indiana, District 8)
- Michael Burgess (Texas, District 26)
- Kat Cammack (Florida, District 3)
- Tony Cardenas (California, District 29)
- Buddy Carter (Georgia, District 1)
- Kathy Castor (Florida, District 14)
- Angie Craig (Minnesota, District 2)
- Yvette Clarke (New York, District 9)
- John Curtis (Utah, District 3)
- Diana DeGette (Colorado, District 1)
- Debbie Dingell (Michigan, District 6)
- Jeff Duncan (South Carolina, District 3)
- Neal Dunn, M.D. (Florida, District 2)
- Anna Eshoo (California, District 16)
- Lizzie Fletcher (Texas, District 7)
- Ross Fulcher (Idaho, District 1)
- Morgan Griffith (Virginia, District 9)
- Brett Guthrie (Kentucky, District 2)
- Diana Harshbarger (Tennessee, District 1)
- Richard Hudson (North Carolina, District 9)
- Bill Johnson (Ohio, District 6)
- Robin Kelly (Illinois, District 2)
- Ann McLane Kuster (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Bob Latta (Ohio, District 5)
- Debbie Lesko (Arizona, District 8)
- Doris Matsui (California, District 7)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa, District 1)
- Jay Obernolte (California, District 23)
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (New Jersey, District 6)
- Gary Palmer (Alabama, District 6)
- Greg Pence (Indiana, District 6)
- Scott Peters (California, District 50)
- August Pfluger (Texas, District 11)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Delaware, At Large)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington, District 5)
- Raul Ruiz (California, District 25)
- John Sarbanes (Maryland, District 3)
- Jan Schakowsky (Illinois, District 9)
- Kim Schrier (Washington, District 8)
- Darren Soto (Florida, District 9)
- Lori Trahan (Massachusetts, District 3)
- Paul Tonko (New York, District 20)
- Marc Veasey (Texas, District 33)
- Tim Walberg (Michigan, District 5)
- Randy Weber (Texas, District 14)
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce members:
- 7/21/23: Referred to the House Subcommittee on Health.
- House Subcommittee on Health members:
- Nanette Barragan (California, District 44)
- Gus Bilirakis (Florida, District 12)
- Larry Bucshon (Indiana, District 8) [Vice Chair]
- Michael Burgess (Texas, District 26)
- Tony Cardenas (California, District 29)
- Buddy Carter (Georgia, District 1)
- Angie Craig (Minnesota, District 2)
- Dan Crenshaw (Texas, District 2)
- Debbie Dingell (Michigan, District 6)
- Neal Dunn, M.D. (Florida, District 2)
- Anna Eshoo (California, District 16) [Ranking Member]
- Morgan Griffith (Virginia, District 9)
- Brett Guthrie (Kentucky, District 2) [Chairman]
- Diana Harshbarger (Tennessee, District 1)
- Bill Johnson (Ohio, District 6)
- John Joyce (Pennsylvania, District 13)
- Robin Kelly (Illinois, District 2)
- Ann McLane Kuster (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Bob Latta (Ohio, District 5)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa, District 1)
- Jay Obernolte (California, District 23)
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (New Jersey, District 6)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Delaware, At Large)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington, District 5)
- Raul Ruiz (California, District 25)
- John Sarbanes (Maryland, District 3)
- Kim Schrier (Washington, District 8)
- Lori Trahan (Massachusetts, District 3)
- House Subcommittee on Health members:
S. 778, H.R. 2968: The Cost Openness and Spending Transparency (COST) Act – This bill would require the disclosure of information relating to the cost of programs, projects, or activities carried out using federal funds (including the total cost to taxpayers for every project supported with federal funds).
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Paul A. Gosar (Arizona, District 9)
- Nancy Mace (South Carolina, District 1)
- Lisa C. McClain (Michigan, District 9)
- Ralph Norman (South Carolina, District 5)
- Zachary Nunn (Iowa, District 3)
- George Santos (New York, District 3)
- William Timmons (South Carolina, District 4)
- Senators:
- Mike Braun (Indiana)
- Joni Ernst (Iowa)
- Rick Scott (Florida)
Status:
- 3/14/23: Senate – Introduced in the Senate; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs members:
- Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut)
- Thomas R. Carper (Delaware)
- Margaret Hassan (New Hampshire)
- Josh Hawley (Missouri)
- Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)
- James Lankford (Oklahoma)
- Roger Marshall (Kansas)
- Jon Ossoff (Georgia)
- Alex Padilla (California)
- Rand Paul (Kentucky)
- Gary Peters (Michigan)
- Mitt Romney (Utah)
- Jacky Rosen (Nevada)
- Rick Scott (Florida)
- Kyrsten Sinema (Arizona)
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs members:
- 4/27/23: House – Introduced in the House, and referred to the House Committee on Oversight & Accountability.
- House Committee on Oversight & Accountability members:
- Andy Biggs (Arizona, District 5)
- Lauren Boebert (Colorado, District 3)
- Shontel M. Brown (Ohio, District 11)
- Tim Burchett (Tennessee, District 2)
- Eric Burlison (Missouri, District 7)
- Cori Bush (Missouri, District 1)
- Greg Casar (Texas, District 35)
- Michael Cloud (Texas, District 27)
- James Comer (Kentucky, District 1) [Chair]
- Gerald E. Connolly (Virginia, District 11)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York, District 14)
- Jasmine Crockett (Texas, District 30)
- Byron Donalds (Florida, District 19)
- Pat Fallon (Texas, District 4)
- Virginia Foxx (North Carolina, District 5)
- Maxwell Frost (Florida, District 10)t
- Russell Fry (South Carolina, District 106)
- Robert Garcia (California, District 42)
- Daniel S. Goldman (New York, District 10)
- Paul A. Gosar (Arizona, District 9)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene (Georgia, District 14)
- Glenn Grothman (Wisconsin, District 6)
- Clay Higgins (Louisiana, District 3)
- Jim Jordan (Ohio, District 4)
- Ro Khanna (California, District 17)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (Illinois, District 8)
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (New York, District 23)
- Jake Laturner (Kansas, District 2)
- Summer L. Lee (Pennsylvania, District 12)
- Stephen F. Lynch (Massachusetts, District 8)
- Anna Paulina Luna (Florida, District 13)
- Nancy Mace (South Carolina, District 1)
- Lisa C. McClain (Michigan, District 9)
- Kweisi Mfume (Maryland, District 7)
- Jared Moskowitz (Florida, District 23)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC, At Large)
- Gary Palmer (Alabama, District 6)
- Scott Perry (Pennsylvania, District 10)
- Katie Porter (California, District 47)
- Jamie Raskin (Maryland, District 8) [Ranking Member]
- Pete Sessions (Texas, District 17)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (New Mexico, District 1)
- William Timmons (South Carolina, District 4)
- Rashida Tlaib (Michigan, District 12)
- Mike Turner (Ohio 10)
- Michael Waltz (Florida, District 6)
- House Committee on Oversight & Accountability members:
H.R. 7248: The Federal Modernization Act 3.0 – This bill would 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:
- Representatives
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- Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (Georgia, District 1) [Sponsor]
- Nanette Diaz Barragan (California, District 44)
- Gus Bilirakis (Florida, District 12)
- Vern Buchanon (Florida, District 16)
- Troy Carter (Louisiana, District 2)
- Dan Crenshaw (Texas, District 2)
- Donald G. Davis (North Carolina, District 1)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (Connecticut, District 3)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania, District 1)
- Lance Gooden (Texas, District 5)
- Daniel S. Goldman (New York, District 10)
- Diana Harshbarger (Tennessee, District 1)
- Michael Lawler (New York, District 17)
- Zoe Lofgren (California, District 18)
- Joe Neguse (Colorado, District 2)
- Troy E. Nehls (Texas, District 22)
- Jay Obernolte (California, District 23)
- Brittany Pettersen (Colorado, District 7)
- Deborah K. Ross (North Carolina, District 2)
- Dina Titus (Nevada, District 1)
- Rashida Tlaib (Michigan, District 12)
- David G. Valadao (California, District 22)
- Michael Waltz (Florida, District 6)
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Status:
- 2/6/24: Introduced in the House, and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce members:
- Rick Allen (Georgia, District 12)
- Kelly Armstrong (North Dakota, At Large)
- Troy Balderson (Ohio, District 12)
- Nanette Barragan (California, District 44)
- Gus Bilirakis (Florida, District 12)
- Larry Bucshon (Indiana, District 8)
- Michael Burgess (Texas, District 26)
- Kat Cammack (Florida, District 3)
- Tony Cardenas (California, District 29)
- Buddy Carter (Georgia, District 1)
- Kathy Castor (Florida, District 14)
- Angie Craig (Minnesota, District 2)
- Dan Crenshaw (Texas, District 2)
- Yvette Clarke (New York, District 9)
- John Curtis (Utah, District 3)
- Diana DeGette (Colorado, District 1)
- Debbie Dingell (Michigan, District 6)
- Jeff Duncan (South Carolina, District 3)
- Neal Dunn, M.D. (Florida, District 2)
- Anna Eshoo (California, District 16)
- Lizzie Fletcher (Texas, District 7)
- Ross Fulcher (Idaho, District 1)
- Morgan Griffith (Virginia, District 9)
- Brett Guthrie (Kentucky, District 2)
- Diana Harshbarger (Tennessee, District 1)
- Richard Hudson (North Carolina, District 9)
- Bill Johnson (Ohio, District 6)
- John Joyce (Pennsylvania, District 13)
- Robin Kelly (Illinois, District 2)
- Ann McLane Kuster (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Bob Latta (Ohio, District 5)
- Debbie Lesko (Arizona, District 8)
- Doris Matsui (California, District 7)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa, District 1)
- Jay Obernolte (California, District 23)
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (New Jersey, District 6)
- Gary Palmer (Alabama, District 6)
- Greg Pence (Indiana, District 6)
- Scott Peters (California, District 50)
- August Pfluger (Texas, District 11)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Delaware, At Large)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington, District 5)
- Raul Ruiz (California, District 25)
- John Sarbanes (Maryland, District 3)
- Jan Schakowsky (Illinois, District 9)
- Kim Schrier (Washington, District 8)
- Darren Soto (Florida, District 9)
- Lori Trahan (Massachusetts, District 3)
- Paul Tonko (New York, District 20)
- Marc Veasey (Texas, District 33)
- Tim Walberg (Michigan, District 5)
- Randy Weber (Texas, District 14)
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce members:
- 2/9/24: Referred to the House Subcommittee on Health.
- House Subcommittee on Health members:
- Nanette Barragan (California, District 44)
- Gus Bilirakis (Florida, District 12)
- Larry Bucshon (Indiana, District 8)
- Michael Burgess (Texas, District 26)
- Tony Cardenas (California, District 29)
- Buddy Carter (Georgia, District 1)
- Angie Craig (Minnesota, District 2)
- Dan Crenshaw (Texas, District 2)
- Debbie Dingell (Michigan, District 6)
- Neal Dunn, M.D. (Florida, District 2)
- Anna Eshoo (California, District 16)
- Morgan Griffith (Virginia, District 9)
- Brett Guthrie (Kentucky, District 2)
- Diana Harshbarger (Tennessee, District 1)
- Richard Hudson (North Carolina, District 9)
- Bill Johnson (Ohio, District 6)
- John Joyce (Pennsylvania, District 13)
- Robin Kelly (Illinois, District 2)
- Ann McLane Kuster (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Bob Latta (Ohio, District 5)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington, District 5)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa, District 1)
- Jay Obernolte (California, District 23)
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (New Jersey, District 6)
- Greg Pence (Indiana, District 6)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Delaware, At Large)
- Raul Ruiz (California, District 25)
- John Sarbanes (Maryland, District 3)
- Kim Schrier (Washington, District 8)
- Lori Trahan (Massachusetts, District 3)
- House Subcommittee on Health members:
H.R. 5399: The Humane Cosmetics Act of 2023 – This ban would substantially restrict the use of animal testing for cosmetics.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Alma S. Adams (North Carolina, District 12)
- Pete Aguilar (California, District 33)
- Colin Z. Allred (Texas, District 32)
- Gabe Amo (Rhode Island, District 1)
- Jake Auchincloss (Massachusetts, District 4)
- Don Bacon (Nebraska, District 2)
- Becca Balint (Vermont, At Large)
- Nanette Barragan (California, District 44)
- Joyce Beatty (Ohio, District 3)
- Ami Bera (California, District 6)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (Virginia, District 8) [Sponsor]
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Georgia, District 2)
- Earl Blumenauer (Oregon, District 3)
- Suzanne Bonamici (Oregon, District 1)
- Brendan F. Boyle (Pennsylvania, District 2)
- Shontel M. Brown (Ohio, District 11)
- Julia Brownley (California, District 26)
- Vern Buchanon (Florida, District 16)
- Nikki Budzinski (Illinois, District 13)
- Cori Bush (Missouri, District 1)
- Ken Calvert (California, District 41)
- Yadira Caraveo (Colorado, District 8)
- Salud O. Carbajal (California, District 24)
- Tony Cardenas (California, District 29)
- Andre Carson (Indiana, District 7)
- Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (Georgia, District 1)
- Matt Cartwright (Pennsylvania, District 8)
- Greg Casar (Texas, District 35)
- Sean Casten (Illinois, District 6)
- Kathy Castor (Florida, District 14)
- Joaquin Castro (Texas, District 20)
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Florida, District 20)
- Judy Chu (California, District 28)
- Juan Ciscomani (Arizona, District 6)
- Yvette Clarke (New York, District 9)
- Emanuel Cleaver (Missouri, District 5)
- Steve Cohen (Tennessee, District 9)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (New Jersey, District 12)
- Gerald E. Connolly (Virginia, District 11)
- J. Luis Correa (California, District 46)
- Joe Courtney (Connecticut, District 2)
- Jason Crow (Colorado, District 6)
- Anthony D’Esposito (New York, District 4)
- Sharice Davids (Kansas, District 3)
- Danny K. Davis (Illinois, District 7)
- Donald G. Davis (North Carolina, District 1)
- Madeleine Dean (Pennsylvania, District 4)
- Diana DeGette (Colorado, District 1)
- Rosa L. DeLauro (Connecticut, District 3)
- Suzan DelBene (Washington, District 1)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (Pennsylvania, District 17)
- Mark DeSaulnier (California, District 10)
- Lloyd Doggett (Texas, District 37)
- Veronica Escobar (Texas, District 16)
- Adriano Espaillat (New York, District 13)
- Dwight Evans (Pennsylvania, District 3)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (New Mexico, District 3)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania, District 1)
- Lizzie Fletcher (Texas, District 7)
- Bill Foster (Illinois, District 11)
- Valerie P. Foushee (North Carolina, District 4)
- Lois Frankel (Florida, District 22)
- Maxwell Frost (Florida, District 10)
- Ruben Gallego (Arizona, District 3)
- John Garamendi (California, District 8)
- Jesus G. “Chuy” Garcia (Illinois, District 4)
- Mike Garcia (California, District 27)
- Robert Garcia (California, District 42)
- Sylvia R. Garcia (Texas, District 29)
- Carlos A. Gimenez (Florida, District 28)
- Daniel S. Goldman (New York, District 10)
- Jimmy Gomez (California, District 34)
- Vicente Gonzalez (Texas, District 34)
- Josh Gottheimer (New Jersey, District 4)
- Al Green (Texas, District 9)
- Raul M. Grijalva (Arizona, District 7)
- Josh Harder (California, District 9)
- Jahana Hayes (Connecticut, District 5)
- Brian Higgins (New York, DIstrict 26)
- James A. Himes (Connecticut, District 4)
- Chrissy Houlahan (Pennsylvania, District 6)
- Steny H. Hoyer (Maryland, District 5)
- Val Hoyle (Oregon, District 4)
- Jared Huffman (California, District 2)
- Glenn Ivey (Maryland, District 4)
- Jeff Jackson (North Carolina, District 14)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (Illinois, District 1)
- Sara Jacobs (California, District 51)
- Pramila Jayapal (Washington, District 7)
- Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (Georgia, District 4)
- Thomas H. Kean (New Jersey, District 7)
- William R. Keating (Massachusetts, District 9)
- Robin L. Kelly (Illinois, District 2)
- Ro Khanna (California, District 17)
- Derek Kilmer (Washington, District 6)
- Andy Kim (New Jersey, District 3)
- Young Kim (California, District 40)
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (Illinois, District 8)
- Nick LaLota (New York, District 1)
- Greg Landsman (Ohio, District 1)
- Rick Larsen (Washington, District 2)
- John B. Larson (Connecticut, District 1)
- Michael Lawler (New York, District 17)
- Barbara Lee (California, District 12)
- Laurel M. Lee (Florida, District 15)
- Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas, District 18)
- Summer L. Lee (Pennsylvania, District 12)
- Mike Levin (California, District 49)
- Ted Lieu (California, District 36)
- Zoe Lofgren (California, District 18)
- Stephen F. Lynch (Massachusetts, District 8)
- Nancy Mace (South Carolina, District 1)
- Seth Magaziner (Rhode Island, District 2)
- Nicole Malliotakis (New York, District 11)
- Doris O. Matsui (California, District 7)
- Lucy McBath (Georgia, District 7)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (Virginia, District 4)
- Betty McCollum (Minnesota, District 4)
- Morgan McGarvey (Kentucky, District 3)
- James P. McGovern (Massachusetts, District 2)
- Gregory W. Meeks (New York, District 5)
- Robert Menendez (New Jersey, District 8)
- Grace Meng (New York, District 6)
- Daniel Meuser (Pennsylvania, District 9)
- Kweisi Mfume (Maryland, District 7)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa, District 1)
- Marcus J. Molinaro (New York, District 19)
- Joseph D. Morelle (New York, District 25)
- Jared Moskowitz (Florida, District 23)
- Seth Moulton (Massachusetts, District 6)
- Frank J. Mrvan (Indiana, District 1)
- Kevin Mullin (California, District 15)
- Jerrold Nadler (New York, District 12)
- Grace F. Napolitano (California, District 31)
- Richard E. Neal (Massachusetts, District 1)
- Joe Neguse (Colorado, District 2)
- Troy E. Nehls (Texas, District 22)
- Donald Norcross (New Jersey, District 1)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC, At Large)
- Ilhan Omar (Minnesota, District 5)
- Jimmy Panetta (California, District 19)
- Bill Pascrell, Jr. (New Jersey, District 9)
- Donald M. Payne, Jr. (New Jersey, District 10)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington, District 3)
- Scott Peters (California, District 50)
- Brittany Pettersen (Colorado, District 7)
- Dean Phillips (Minnesota, District 3)
- Chellie Pingree (Maine, District 1)
- Mark Pocan (Wisconsin, District 2)
- Katie Porter (California, District 47)
- Bill Posey (Florida, District 8)
- Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts, District 7)
- Mike Quigley (Illinois, District 5)
- Delia C. Ramirez (Illinois, District 3)
- Jamie Raskin (Maryland, District 8)
- Guy Reschenthaler (Pennsylvania, District 14)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Delaware, At Large)
- Deborah K. Ross (North Carolina, District 2)
- Raul Ruiz (California, District 25)
- C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Maryland, District 2)
- Patrick Ryan (New York, District 18)
- Kilili Camacho Sablan (Northern Mariana Islands, At Large)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (Florida, District 27)
- Andrea Salinas (Oregon, District 6)
- Linda T. Sanchez (California, District 38)
- John Sarbanes (Maryland, District 3)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (Pennsylvania, District 5)
- Janice D. Schakowsky (Illinois, District 9)
- Adam B. Schiff (California, District 30)
- Bradley Scott Schneider (Illinois, District 10)
- Hillary J. Scholten (Michigan, District 3)
- Kim Schrier (Washington, District 8)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Florida, District 25)
- David Schweikert (Arizona, District 1)
- David Scott (Georgia, District 13)
- Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (Virginia, District 3)
- Brad Sherman (California, District 32)
- Mikie Sherrill (New Jersey, District 11)
- Elissa Slotkin (Michigan, District 7)
- Adam Smith (Washington, District 9)
- Christopher H. Smith (New Jersey, District 4)
- Lloyd Smucker (Pennsylvania, District 11)
- Eric Sorensen (Illinois, District 17)
- Darren Soto (Florida, District 9)
- Abigail Davis Spanberger (Virginia, District 7)
- Greg Stanton (Arizona, District 4)
- Haley M. Stevens (Michigan, District 11)
- Maryland Strickland (Washington, District 10)
- Eric Swalwell (California, District 14)
- Emilia Strong Sykes (Ohio, District 13)
- Mark Takano (California, District 39)
- Shri Thanedar (Michigan, District 13)
- Mike Thompson (California, District 4)
- Claudia Tenney (New York, District 24)
- Dina Titus (Nevada, District 1)
- Rashida Tlaib (Michigan, District 12)
- Jill N. Tokuda (Hawaii, District 2)
- Paul Tonko (New York, District 20)
- Ritchie Torres (New York, District 15)
- Lori Trahan (Massachusetts, District 3)
- David J. Trone (Maryland, District 6)
- Lauren Underwood (Illinois, District 14)
- Jefferson Van Drew (New Jersey, District 2)
- Juan Vargas (California, District 52)
- Gabe Vasquez (New Mexico, District 2)
- Nydia M. Velazquez (New York, District 7)
- Michael Waltz (Florida, District 6)
- Maxine Waters (California, District 43)
- Jennifer Wexton (Virginia, District 10)
- Susan Wild (Pennsylvania, District 7)
- Brandon Williams (New York, District 22)
- Nikema Williams (Georgia, District 5)
- Frederica S. Wilson (Florida, District 24)
Status:
- 9/12/23: Introduced in the House, and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce members:
- Rick Allen (Georgia, District 12)
- Kelly Armstrong (North Dakota, At Large)
- Troy Balderson (Ohio, District 12)
- Nanette Barragan (California, District 44)
- Gus Bilirakis (Florida, District 12)
- Larry Bucshon (Indiana, District 8)
- Michael Burgess (Texas, District 26)
- Kat Cammack (Florida, District 3)
- Tony Cardenas (California, District 29)
- Buddy Carter (Georgia, District 1)
- Kathy Castor (Florida, District 14)
- Angie Craig (Minnesota, District 2)
- Dan Crenshaw (Texas, District 2)
- Yvette Clarke (New York, District 9)
- John Curtis (Utah, District 3)
- Diana DeGette (Colorado, District 1)
- Debbie Dingell (Michigan, District 6)
- Jeff Duncan (South Carolina, District 3)
- Neal Dunn, M.D. (Florida, District 2)
- Anna Eshoo (California, District 16)
- Lizzie Fletcher (Texas, District 7)
- Ross Fulcher (Idaho, District 1)
- Morgan Griffith (Virginia, District 9)
- Brett Guthrie (Kentucky, District 2)
- Diana Harshbarger (Tennessee, District 1)
- Richard Hudson (North Carolina, District 9)
- Bill Johnson (Ohio, District 6)
- John Joyce (Pennsylvania, District 13)
- Robin Kelly (Illinois, District 2)
- Ann McLane Kuster (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Bob Latta (Ohio, District 5)
- Debbie Lesko (Arizona, District 8)
- Doris Matsui (California, District 7)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa, District 1)
- Jay Obernolte (California, District 23)
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (New Jersey, District 6)
- Gary Palmer (Alabama, District 6)
- Greg Pence (Indiana, District 6)
- Scott Peters (California, District 50)
- August Pfluger (Texas, District 11)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Delaware, At Large)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington, District 5)
- Raul Ruiz (California, District 25)
- John Sarbanes (Maryland, District 3)
- Jan Schakowsky (Illinois, District 9)
- Kim Schrier (Washington, District 8)
- Darren Soto (Florida, District 9)
- Lori Trahan (Massachusetts, District 3)
- Paul Tonko (New York, District 20)
- Marc Veasey (Texas, District 33)
- Tim Walberg (Michigan, District 5)
- Randy Weber (Texas, District 14)
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce members:
- 9/15/23: Referred to the House Subcommittee on Health.
- House Subcommittee on Health members:
- Nanette Barragan (California, District 44)
- Gus Bilirakis (Florida, District 12)
- Larry Bucshon (Indiana, District 8)
- Michael Burgess (Texas, District 26)
- Tony Cardenas (California, District 29)
- Buddy Carter (Georgia, District 1)
- Angie Craig (Minnesota, District 2)
- Dan Crenshaw (Texas, District 2)
- Debbie Dingell (Michigan, District 6)
- Neal Dunn, M.D. (Florida, District 2)
- Anna Eshoo (California, District 16)
- Morgan Griffith (Virginia, District 9)
- Brett Guthrie (Kentucky, District 2)
- Diana Harshbarger (Tennessee, District 1)
- Richard Hudson (North Carolina, District 9)
- Bill Johnson (Ohio, District 6)
- John Joyce (Pennsylvania, District 13)
- Robin Kelly (Illinois, District 2)
- Ann McLane Kuster (New Hampshire, District 2)
- Bob Latta (Ohio, District 5)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Iowa, District 1)
- Jay Obernolte (California, District 23)
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (New Jersey, District 6)
- Greg Pence (Indiana, District 6)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (Delaware, At Large)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Washington, District 5)
- Raul Ruiz (California, District 25)
- John Sarbanes (Maryland, District 3)
- Kim Schrier (Washington, District 8)
- Lori Trahan (Massachusetts, District 3)
- House Subcommittee on Health members:
H.R. 1465: Violet’s Law – This bill would amend the Animal Welfare Act to allow for the adoption or non-laboratory placement of dogs, cats, nonhuman primates, guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits) used in federal research.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Alma S. Adams (North Carolina, District 12)
- Nanette Diaz Barragan (California, District 44)
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Georgia, District 2)
- Earl Blumenauer (Oregon, District 3)
- Julia Brownley (California, District 26)
- Vern Buchanon (Florida, District 16)
- Tony Cardenas (California, District 29)
- Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (Georgia, District 1)
- Andre Carson (Indiana, District 7)
- Matt Cartwright (Pennsylvania, District 8)
- Sean Casten (Illinois, District 6)
- Kathy Castor (Florida, District 14)
- Judy Chu (California, District 28)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (New Jersey, District 12)
- Gerald E. Connolly (Virginia, District 11)
- Joe Courtney (Connecticut, District 2)
- Sharice Davids (Kansas, District 3)
- Donald G. Davis (North Carolina, District 1)
- Madeleine Dean (Pennsylvania, District 4)
- Suzan DelBene (Washington, District 1)
- Veronica Escobar (Texas, District 16)
- Adriano Espaillat (New York, District 13)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania, District 1)
- Jesus G. “Chuy” Garcia (Illinois, District 4)
- Carlos A. Gimenez (Florida, District 28)
- Lance Gooden (Texas, District 5)
- Josh Gottheimer (New Jersey, District 4)
- Kay Granger (Texas, District 12)
- Raul M. Grijalva (Arizona, District 7)
- Diana Harshbarger (Tennessee, District 1)
- Chrissy Houlahan (Pennsylvania, District 6)
- Jared Huffman (California, District 2)
- Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (Georgia, District 4)
- Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania, District 16)
- Daniel T. Kildee (Michigan, District 8)
- Derek Kilmer (Washington, District 6)
- Andy Kim (New Jersey, District 3)
- Young Kim (California, District 40)
- Jeff Jackson (North Carolina, District 14)
- John James (Michigan, District 10)
- Michael Lawler (New York, District 17)
- Susie Lee (Nevada, District 3)
- Ted Lieu (California, District 36)
- Anna Paulina Luna (Florida, District 13)
- Stephen F. Lynch (Massachusetts, District 8)
- Nancy Mace (South Carolina, District 1) [Sponsor]
- Kathy E. Manning (North Carolina, District 6)
- Nicole Malliotakis (New York, District 11)
- Brian J. Mast (Florida, District 21)
- Jennifer L. McClellan (Virginia, District 4)
- Lucy McBath (Georgia, District 7)
- Betty McCollum (Minnesota, District 4)
- James P. McGovern (Massachusetts, District 2)
- Grace Meng (New York, District 6)
- Barry Moore (Alabama, District 2)
- Jared Moskowitz (Florida, District 23)
- Joe Neguse (Colorado, District 2)
- Troy E. Nehls (Texas, District 22)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC, At Large)
- Jimmy Panetta (California, District 19)
- Chris Pappas (New Hampshire, District 1)
- Bill Pascrell, Jr. (New Jersey, District 9)
- Patrick Ryan (New York, District 18)
- Donald M. Payne, Jr. (New Jersey, District 10)
- Scott Perry (Pennsylvania, District 10)
- Chellie Pingree (Maine, District 1)
- Mark Pocan (Wisconsin, District 2)
- Bill Posey (Florida, District 8)
- Delia C. Ramirez (Illinois, District 3)
- Guy Reschenthaler (Pennsylvania, District 14)
- Deborah K. Ross (North Carolina, District 2)
- Linda T. Sanchez (California, District 38)
- Jan Schakowsky (Illinois, District 9) (Illinois, District 9)
- Adam B. Schiff (California, District 30)
- Hillary J. Scholten (Michigan, District 3)
- Brad Sherman (California, District 32)
- Mikie Sherrill (New Jersey, District 11)
- Elissa Slotkin (Michigan, District 7)
- Darren Soto (Florida, District 9)
- Melanie A. Stansbury (New Mexico, District 1)
- Pete Stauber (Minnesota, District 8)
- W. Gregory Steube (Florida, District 17)
- Haley M. Stevens (Michigan, District 11)
- Dina Titus (Nevada, District 1)
- Rashida Tlaib (Michigan, District 12)
- Jill N. Tokuda (Hawaii, District 2)
- Lori Trahan (Massachusetts, District 3)
- David J. Trone (Maryland, District 6)
- Juan Vargas (California, District 52)
- Marc A. Veasey (Texas, District 33)
- Nydia M. Velazquez (New York, District 7)
- Michael Waltz (Florida, District 6)
- Susan Wild (Pennsylvania, District 7)
Status:
- 3/8/23: Introduced in the House, and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- House Committee on Agriculture members:
- Alma S. Adams (North Carolina, District 12)
- Mark Alford (Missouri, District 4)
- Don Bacon (Nebraska, District 2)
- James R. Baird (Indiana, District 4)
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Georgia, District 2)
- Mike Bost (Illinois, District 12)
- Shontel M. Brown (Ohio, District 11)
- Nikki Budzinski (Illinois, District 13)
- Kat Cammack (Florida, District 3)
- Yadira Caraveo (Colorado, District 8)
- Salud O. Carbajal (California, District 24)
- Greg Casar (Texas, District 35)
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer (Oregon, District 5)
- Jim Costa (California, District 21)
- Angie Craig (Minnesota, District 2)
- Eric A. “Rick” Crawford (Arkansas, District 1)
- Jasmine Crockett (Texas, District 30)
- Sharice Davids (Kansas, District 3)
- Donald G. Davis (North Carolina, District 1)
- Monica De La Cruz (Texas, District 15)
- John S. Duarte (California, District 13)
- Scott DesJarlais (Tennessee, District 4)
- Randy Feenstra (Iowa, District 4)
- Brad Finstad (Minnesota, District 1)
- Jahana Hayes (Connecticut, District 5)
- Jonathan L. Jackson (Illinois, District 1)
- Ronny Jackson (Texas, District 13)
- Dusty Johnson (South Dakota, At Large)
- Trent Kelly (Mississippi, District 1)
- Doug LaMalfa (California, District 1)
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (New York, District 23)
- Frank D. Lucas (Oklahoma, District 3)
- Tracey Mann (Kansas, District 1)
- James P. McGovern (Massachusetts, District 2)
- Mary E. Miller (Illinois, District 15)
- Max L. Miller (Ohio, District 7)
- Marcus J. Molinaro (New York, District 19)
- Barry Moore (Alabama, District 2)
- Zachary Nunn (Iowa, District 3)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington, District 3)
- Chellie Pingree (Maine, District 1)
- John W. Rose (Tennessee, District 6)
- David Rouzer (North Carolina, District 7)
- Andrea Salinas (Oregon, District 6)
- Austin Scott (Georgia, District 8)
- David Scott (Georgia, District 13)
- Elissa Slotkin (Michigan, District 7)
- Eric Sorensen (Illinois, District 17)
- Darren Soto (Florida, District 9)
- Abigail Davis Spanberger (Virginia, District 7)
- Glenn “GT” Thompson (Pennsylvania, District 15)
- Jill N. Tokuda (Hawaii, District 2)
- Derrick Van Orden (Wisconsin, District 3)
- Gabe Vasquez (New Mexico, District 2)
- House Committee on Agriculture members:
- 4/4/23: Referred to the House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry.
- House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry members:
- Tracey Mann (Kansas, District 1) [Chair]
- Mark Alford (Missouri, District 4)
- Don Bacon (Nebraska, District 2)
- James R. Baird (Indiana, District 4)
- Yadira Caraveo (Colorado, District 8)
- Jim Costa (California, District 21)
- Donald G. Davis (North Carolina, District 1)
- Scott DesJarlais (Tennessee, District 4)
- Randy Feenstra (Iowa, District 4)
- Jahana Hayes (Connecticut, District 5)
- Ronny Jackson (Texas, District 13)
- Trent Kelly (Mississippi, District 1)
- Marcus J. Molinaro (New York, District 19)
- Barry Moore (Alabama, District 2)
- Chellie Pingree (Maine, District 1)
- Abigail Davis Spanberger (Virginia, District 7)
- Darren Soto (Florida, District 9)
- Jill N. Tokuda (Hawaii, District 2)
- Derrick Van Orden (Wisconsin, District 3)
- House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry members:
S. 2397: The Worldwide Animal Testing Compliance and Harmonization (WATCH) Act – This bill would amend section 495 of the Public Service Act to require inspections of foreign laboratories conducting biomedical and behavioral research to ensure compliance with applicable animal welfare requirements, requiring foreign laboratories to (1) meet the same animal welfare requirements as domestic laboratories to qualify for NIH fund and (2) submit to quarterly site inspections to ensure their continued compliance with animal welfare requirements.
Sponsors:
- Senators:
- Mike Braun (Indiana)
- Joni Ernst (Iowa)
- John Fetterman (Pennsylvania)
- Jeff Merkley (Oregon)
- Gary C. Peters (Michigan)
- Paul Rand (Kentucky)
- Pete Ricketts (Nebraska)
- Eric Schmitt (Missouri)
Status:
- 7/19/23: Introduced in the Senate; read twice, and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension.
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions members:
- Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin)
- Mike Braun (Indiana)
- Ted Budd (North Carolina)
- Robert P. Casey, Jr. (Pennsylvania)
- Susan Collins (Maine)
- Bill Cassidy (Louisiana) [Ranking Member)
- Tim Kaine (Virginia)
- Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire)
- John Hickenlooper (Colorado)
- Ben Ray Lujan (New Mexico)
- Ed Markey (Massachusetts)
- Roger Marshall (Kansas)
- Lisa Murkowski (Arkansas)
- Markwayne Mullin (Oklahoma)
- Christopher Murphy (Connecticut)
- Patty Murray (Washington)
- Rand Paul (Kentucky)
- Mitt Romney (Utah)
- Bernie Sanders (Vermont) [Chairman]
- Tina Smith (Minnesota)
- Tommy Tuberville (Alabama)
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions members:
State Bills
H.B. 1292: Regulation of animal testing – This bill would require the state board of animal health to establish a registry of research facilities that use live animals for research/testing and to track the number of live animals used for research or testing at each research facility.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Chris Campbell (District 26)
- Sue Errington (District 34)
Status:
- 1/9/24: House – Introduced, read for the first time, and referred to the Committee on Agriculture & Rural Development.
- House Committee on Agriculture & Rural Development members:
- Mike Aylesworth (District 11)
- Beau Baird (District 44)
- Brad Barrett (District 56)
- Robert Cherry (District 53)
- Robb Greene (District 47)
- Dave Heine (District 85)
- J.D. Prescott (District 33)
- Craig Snow (District 22)
- Lorissa Sweet (District 50)
- Maureen Bauer (District 6)
- John Bartlett (District 95)
- Sheila Klinker (District 27)
- Justin Moed (District 97)
- House Committee on Agriculture & Rural Development members:
H.B. 495: Prohibition on the sale of cosmetics tested on animals – This bill would amend sections of the state code to prohibit the sale of cosmetics tested on animals except under certain specified circumstances.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Monica Robb Blasdel (District 79)
- Sean P. Brennan (District 14)
- Juanita O. Brent (District 22)
- Sara P. Carruthers (District 47)
- Richard Dell’Aquila (District 15)
- Michele Grim (District 43)
- C. Allison Russo (District 7)
- Bride Rose Sweeney (District 16)
Status:
- 4/16/23: House: – Introduced.
- 4/23/24: House – Referred to the Committee on Commerce & Labor.
- House Committee on Commerce & Labor members:
- Cindy Abrams (District 29)
- Juanita O. Brent (District 22)
- Thaddeus J. Claggett (District 68)
- Al Cutrona (District 58)
- Richard Dell’Aquila (District 15)
- Dontavius L. Jarrells (District 1)
- Don Jones (District 95)
- Mark Johnson (District 92) [Chair]
- Susan Manchester (District 78) [Vice Chair]
- Lauren McNally (District 59) [Ranking Member]
- Beryl Piccolantonio (District 4)
- Bill Roemer (District 31)
- Nick Santucci (District 64)
- House Committee on Commerce & Labor members:
S.B. 761: Licensing and Regulation of Testing Facilities That Use Animals – This bill would require private research facilities to use non-animal methods to assess product safety when such methods are available and equivalent or superior to animal methods.
Sponsors:
- Senators:
- Ben Kramer (District 19)
- Clarence K. Lam (District 123)
- Karen Lewis Young (District 3)
- Jeff Waldstreicher (District 18)
Status:
- 2/1/24: Senate – Reintroduced, and read for the first time in the Committee on Education, Energy, & Environment.
- Senate Committee on Education, Energy, & Environment members:
- Brian J. Feldman, Chair (District 15)
- Cheryl C. Kagan, Vice Chair (District 17)
- Malcolm Augustine (District 47)
- Benjamin Brooks (District 10)
- Mary Beth Carozza (District 38)
- Jason C. Gallion (District 35)
- Katie Fry Hester (District 9)
- Karen Lewis Young (District 3)
- Bryan W. Simonaire (District 31)
- Mary Washington (District 43)
- Ron Watson (District 23)
- Senate Committee on Education, Energy, & Environment members:
- 2/13/24: Senate – Hearing scheduled for 3/8 at 9:00am.
S.D. 1424, H.B. 850: Promoting Humane Cosmetics & Other Household Products by Limiting the Use of Animal Testing – This bill would reduce the use of animals in cosmetics and household product testing by requiring manufacturers to use valid alternative (i.e., non-animal) test methods for product, product formulation, chemical, or ingredient testing whenever such alternatives are available.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Brian M. Ashe (2nd Hampden)
- Mike Connolly (26th Middlesex)
- Sean Garballey (23rd Middlesex)
- James K. Hawkins (2nd Bristol)
- Natalie M. Higgins (4th Worcester)
- Vanna Howard (17th Middlesex)
- Steven S. Howitt (4th Bristol)
- Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (20th Middlesex)
- John Patrick Lewis (7th Middlesex)
- Michael O. Moore (2nd Worcester)
- Brian W. Murray (10th Worcester)
- Steven Owens (29th Middlesex)
- Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. (12th Hampden)
- Lindsay N. Sabadosa (1st Hampshire)
- Margaret R. Scarsdale (1st Middlesex)
- Thomas M. Stanley (9th Middlesex)
- Marcus S. Vaughn (9th Norfolk)
- Steven George Xiarhos (5th Barnstable)
- Senators:
- Brendan P. Crighton (Third Essex)
- Lydia Edwards (Third Suffolk)
- James B. Eldridge (Middlesex and Worcester)
- John F. Keenan (Norfolk and Plymouth)
- Jona B. Lovely (Second Essex)
- Paul W. Mark (Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire)
- Mark Montigny (Second Bristol and Plymouth)
- Susan L. Moran (Plymouth and Barnstable)
- Patrick M. O’Connor (First Plymouth and Norfolk)
- Pavel M. Payano (First Essex)
- Bruce E. Tarr (First Essex and Middlesex)
Status:
- 2/16/23:
- Senate – Referred to the Committee on Public Health.
- Senate Public Health Committee members:
- Julian Cyr (Cape and Islands)
- Jacob R. Oliveria (Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester)
- John F. Keenan (Norfolk and Plymouth)
- Robyn K. Kennedy (First Worcester)
- Pavel M. Payano (First Essex)
- Patrick M. O’Connor (First Plymouth and Norfolk)
- Senate Public Health Committee members:
- House – Concurred.
- House Public Health Committee members:
- Majorie C. Decker (25th Middlesex)
- Sally P. Kerans (13th Essex)
- Vanna Howard (17th Middlesex)
- James C. Arena-DeRosa (8th Middlesex)
- Brian M. Ashe (2nd Hampden)
- Kristin E. Kassner (2nd Essex)
- Judith A. Garcia (11th Suffolk)
- Andres X. Vargas (3rd Essex)
- Kay Khan (11th Middlesex)
- Hannah Kane (11th Worcester)
- Marc T. Lombardo (22nd Middlesex)
- House Public Health Committee members:
- Senate – Referred to the Committee on Public Health.
- 7/17/23: Joint – Hearing scheduled for 7/26/23 from 9:00am – 1:00pm
- 9/11/23: Senate – Discharged to the Committee on Environment & Natural Resources.
- Senate Committee on Environment & Natural Resources members:
- James B. Eldrige (Middlesex and Worcester)
- Edward J. Kennedy (1st Middlesex)
- Michael O. Moore (2nd Worcester)
- Rebecca L. Rausch (Norfolk, Worcester, and Middlesex)
- Michael F. Rush (Norfolk and Suffolk)
- Senate Committee on Environment & Natural Resources members:
- 9/14/23: House – Concurred.
- 10/27/23: Joint – Hearing scheduled for 11/08/2023 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
- 3/18/24: Senate – Reporting date extended to Friday, April 12, 2024, pending concurrence.
- 4/8/24: House – Concurred.
- 4/22/2024: House – Accompanied H850.
S.B. 792: Animals – research facilities – This bill would require that research facilities using animals submit an annual report that includes the total number of animals owned by the facility, the total number of animals used for laboratory research conducted at the research facility, and the total number of animals released by the research facility.
Sponsors:
- Senators:
- Stephanie Chang (District 3)
- Erika Geiss (District 1)
- Dayna Polehanki (District 5)
- Kevin Hertel (District 12)
- Veronica Klinefelt (District 11)
- Sue Shink (District 14)
- Paul Wojno (District 10)
Status:
- 3/14/24: Senate – Introduced, and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs.
- Senate Committee on Regulatory Affairs members:
- Joseph Bellino (District 16)
- Roger Hauck (District 34)
- Kevin Hertel (District 12)
- Dan Lauwers (District 25)
- Sean McCann (District 19)
- Jeremy Moss (District 7)
- Dayna Polehanki (District 5)
- Sylvia Santana (District 2)
- Michael Webber (District 9)
- Paul Wojno (District 10) (Sponsor)
- Senate Committee on Regulatory Affairs members:
H. 425: Prohibiting cosmetic testing on animals – This bill would prohibit cosmetic testing on animals with limited exceptions.
Sponsors:
- Representatives:
- Emilie Krasnow (Chittenden-9)
Status:
- 1/3/24: General Assembly – Read for the first time, and referred to the Committee on Human Services.
- General Assembly Human Services Committee members:
- Jessica Brumsted (Chittenden-7)
- Anne B. Donahue (Washington 1)
- Rey Garogano (Chittenden-23)
- James Gregoire (Franklin 6)
- Noah Hyman (Chittenden-8)
- Jubilee McGill (Addison-5)
- Daniel Noyes (Lamoille-2)
- Kelly Pajala (Windham-Windsor-Bennington)
- Taylor Small (Chittenden-21)
- Dane Whitman (Bennington-2)
- Theresa Wood (Washington-Chittenden)
- General Assembly Human Services Committee members: