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HR 1209 116th Congress House

HEARTS Act of 2019

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that non-animal methods are prioritized, where applicable and feasible, in proposals for all research to be co… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that non-animal methods are prioritized, where applicable and feasible, in proposals for all research to be conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 17, 2019 See on congress.gov
Animals Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsMedical researchResearch administration and fundingResearch ethics
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Feb 14, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 13, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 14, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Humane and Existing Alternatives in Research and Testing Sciences Act of 2019 or the HEARTS Act of 2019

This bill directs the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to promote nonanimal research methods. Specifically, NIH must (1) provide incentives for nonanimal research and (2) require the evaluation of viable nonanimal methods before approving animal-based research.

Additionally, NIH applications for research grants must include (1) harm-benefit analyses for animal-based research proposals and (2) assurance that nonanimal methods for such research are not available.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 7 Republican 2
D
Lieu, Ted
California · Mar 4, 2020
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 18, 2019
 D
Harder, Josh
California · May 17, 2019
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · May 17, 2019
 R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · May 17, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 17, 2019
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · May 17, 2019
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · May 17, 2019
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Feb 13, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1209: HEARTS Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1209/
MLA
"H.R. 1209: HEARTS Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1209/.
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H.R. 1209, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1209/.
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[H.R. 1209: HEARTS Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1209/)
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