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H.R. 297In committee
HELP PETS Act
Introduced: Jan 9, 2025
Latest action date: Jan 9, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Jan 9, 2025
- Recorded roll calls
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Status detail: The most advanced recorded stage is committee consideration.
Plain-language overview
What this bill does
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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Education
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Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsEducation programs fundingHigher educationResearch and developmentResearch ethics
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Checked against Congress.gov Sep 15, 2026.
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Introduced in House
IntroReferralLibrary of CongressReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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