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S 1561 113th Congress Senate

CHIMP Act Amendments of 2013

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve provisions relating to the sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees.

Introduced: September 30, 2013 See on congress.gov
Health Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsCongressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsHealth programs administration and funding
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 15, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 12, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 12, 2013
Received in the House.
Oct 31, 2013
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 30, 2013
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7684-7685; text as passed Senate: CR S7685)
Oct 30, 2013
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Harkin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Oct 30, 2013
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Oct 30, 2013
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7684-7685; text as passed Senate: CR S7685)
Oct 30, 2013
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 228.
Sep 30, 2013
Introduced in Senate
Sep 30, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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 Latest action November 15, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

CHIMP Act Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, with respect to the lifetime care of chimpanzees used in federally conducted or supported medical research, to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reserve appropriations through FY2023 for the sanctuary system and other compliant facilities, and (2) allow reservation of funds beyond a total of $30 million if the Secretary determines that doing so would enable the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to operate more efficiently and economically by decreasing the overall federal cost of supporting and maintaining chimpanzees from FY2014-FY2023. Requires such a determination to be reported to Congress and include biennial updates regarding the care and maintenance of the chimpanzees and related costs.

Removes construction and renovation of sanctuary system facilities as a purpose of expenditure of the reserved funds. Requires the use of funds for other compliant facilities to be determined by the Secretary (rather than, as under current law, by the board of directors of the nonprofit entity operating the facility).

Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to evaluate: (1) the research status of NIH-owned or supported chimpanzees, (2) the cost for the care and maintenance of such chimpanzees, (3) the extent to which requirements that a nonprofit private entity match funding have been met, and (4) any options for cost savings for support and maintenance that may be identified.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Oct 30, 2013
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