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HR 8867 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Animal protection and human-animal relationships Mammals Medical research Veterans' medical care

CATS Act of 2020

Introduced: December 14, 2020 Introduced by: Titus, Dina Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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Dec 3, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 3, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cat Abuse in Testing Stops Act of 2020 or the CATS Act of 2020

This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs, in carrying out research within the Veterans Health Administration, from purchasing, breeding, transporting, housing, feeding, maintaining, disposing of, or experimenting on cats as part of the conduct of any study that causes significant pain or distress.

What's happening now December 3, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 13 Republican 3
D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Dec 16, 2020
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Dec 15, 2020
Keller, Fred
· Dec 14, 2020
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Dec 10, 2020
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Dec 9, 2020
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Dec 9, 2020
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Dec 7, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Dec 3, 2020
Davis, Rodney
· Dec 3, 2020
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Dec 3, 2020
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Dec 3, 2020
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Dec 3, 2020
Hurd, Will
· Dec 3, 2020
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Dec 3, 2020
Levin, Andy
· Dec 3, 2020
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Dec 3, 2020
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Dec 3, 2020
 R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Dec 3, 2020
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Dec 3, 2020
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 3, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Dec 3, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8867: CATS Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8867/
MLA
"H.R. 8867: CATS Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8867/.
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H.R. 8867, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8867/.
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[H.R. 8867: CATS Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8867/)
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