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(That’s Beaglese for ACTION ALERT):
Proud
as we are of our part in helping to shut down Ridglan Farms, we at WPMP
know that our work is far from done. As long as there is a demand for
animal test subjects, there will be someone supplying the animals to
laboratories to run those tests.
The
2025/2026 session of the US Congress is winding down, but there are still many
animal weifare-related bills in play. This page lists the bills we are
watching, with links to the bill histories on Congress.gov for more
information, including complete bill texts, bill summaries, cosponsors, action
taken, etc.
TIME IS
SHORT AND YOUR VOICE MATTERS! You can sign up for emailed
updates on each bill status through the Congress.gov individual bill history
pages, where you will also find a link to contact your representatives. If they
have already signed on as cosponsors, THANK THEM. If they have not, ask please
to take action to get these bills passed! As always, please be polite and
respectful when contacting your Representatives and Senators. Remember the old
adage, "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."
H.R.1291, Humane and Existing Alternatives in Research and
Testing Sciences Act of 2025 or the HEARTS Act of 2025: To amend the Public
Health Service Act to ensure that nonanimal methods are prioritized, where
applicable and feasible, in proposals for all research to be conducted or
supported by the National Institutes of Health, to provide for the
establishment of the National Center for Alternatives to Animals in Research
and Testing, and for other purposes.
 H.R.1291,the HEARTS Act of 2025
H.R. 2821/S, 355, FDA Modernization Act 3.0 : To require
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of
Food and Drugs, to publish a final rule relating to nonclinical testing
methods.
H.R. 2821/S, 355, FDA Modernization Act
3.0
H.R.6660 - Replace Animal Tests Act of 2025 : To ensure
that non-animal methods for regulatory testing are used in lieu of animal tests
whenever scientifically satisfactory non-animal test methods are available and
accepted by regulatory agencies for meeting regulatory requirements, and for
other purposes.
H.R.6660 - Replace Animal Tests Act of
2025
H.R.10522 - Companion Animal Protection Against Cruel Testing
Act (COMPACT Act): To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Department
of Health and Human Services funds for the use of live dogs and live cats in
biomedical research, to strengthen accountability for Federal research
expenditures, and for other purposes.
H.R.10522 - COMPACT Act
H.R.10523 - PUPPS Act : To amend the Animal Welfare Act to
prohibit breeding of dogs for research purposes, and for other purposes.
H.R.10523 - PUPPS Act
H.R.10532 - Beagle Liberation Act of 2026: To require the
humane transfer of certain retired research dogs and cats, and for other
purposes.
H.R.10532 - Beagle Liberation Act of
2026
S.4172 - AFTER Act of 2026 : To amend the Animal Welfare
Act to allow for the retirement of certain animals used in Federal research,
and for other purposes.
S.4172 - AFTER Act of 2026
H.R.10627 - Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act : To
amend the Animal Welfare Act to increase protections for animals, and for other
purposes.
H.R.10627 - Animal Welfare Enforcement Improvement Act
H.R.1085 - Cease Animal Research Grants Overseas Act of 2025 or
the CARGO Act of 2025: To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit
the National Institutes of Health from awarding any support for an activity or
program that uses live animals in research unless the research occurs in the
United States, and for other purposes.
H.R.1085 - CARGO Act of 2025
H.R.7165 - WATCH Act : To amend section 495 of the Public
Health Service Act to require inspections of foreign laboratories conducting
biomedical and behavioral research to ensure compliance with applicable animal
welfare requirements, and for other purposes.
H.R.7165 - WATCH Act
H.R.8471 - PRIMATE Act: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to
prohibit the importation on nonhuman primates.
H.R.8471 - PRIMATE Act
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