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HCONRES 65 102th Congress House Animals Eye care Laboratories Laboratory animals Protection of animals

Expressing the sense of the Congress that any Federal agency that utilizes the Draize rabbit eye irritancy test should develop and validate alternative ophthalmic testing procedures that do not…

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Expressing the sense of the Congress that any Federal agency that utilizes the Draize rabbit eye irritancy test should develop and validate alternative ophthalmic testing procedures that do not require the use of animal test subjects.

Introduced: February 6, 1991 See on congress.gov
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Feb 19, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Feb 6, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 6, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that any Federal agency that utilizes the Draize rabbit eye irritancy test should develop and validate alternative ophthalmic testing procedures that do not require the use of animal test subjects.

What's happening now February 19, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Sep 12, 1991
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 4, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 65: Expressing the sense of the Congress that any Federal agency that utilizes the Draize rabbit eye irritancy test should develop and validate alternative ophthalmic testing procedures that do not require the use of animal test subjects.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-65/
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"H. Con. Res. 65: Expressing the sense of the Congress that any Federal agency that utilizes the Draize rabbit eye irritancy test should develop and validate alternative ophthalmic testing procedures that do not require the use of animal test subjects.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-65/.
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H. Con. Res. 65, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-65/.
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[H. Con. Res. 65: Expressing the sense of the Congress that any Federal agency that utilizes the Draize rabbit eye irritancy test should develop and validate alternative ophthalmic testing procedures that do not require the use of animal test subjects.](https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-65/)
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