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HR 5244 117th Congress House Animals

AFTER Act of 2021

Introduced: July 11, 2022 Introduced by: Boyle, Brendan F. Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Oct 5, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Sep 14, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sep 14, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2021 or the AFTER Act of 2021

This bill requires federal research facilities to facilitate the adoption or nonlaboratory placement of certain warm-blooded animals (e.g., dogs, cats, monkeys, guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits) with animal rescue organizations, animal sanctuaries, animal shelters, or individuals. In order to be adopted or placed, the animals must (1) no longer be needed for research; (2) be suitable for release; (3) not be birds, rats, or mice.

What's happening now October 5, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 106
All 106 Democratic 60 Republican 15
D
Williams, Nikema
Georgia · Dec 21, 2022
 D
Brown, Shontel M.
Ohio · Nov 10, 2022
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Oct 25, 2022
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 25, 2022
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Oct 25, 2022
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Oct 25, 2022
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Oct 25, 2022
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Sep 30, 2022
Wild, Susan
· Sep 30, 2022
DOYLE, MIKE
· Sep 28, 2022
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Sep 28, 2022
 D
Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Sep 14, 2022
 R
Kim, Young
California · Sep 13, 2022
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Sep 13, 2022
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Sep 2, 2022
Murphy, Stephanie
· Sep 2, 2022
 R
Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Sep 2, 2022
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Sep 2, 2022
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Aug 23, 2022
Jones, Mondaire
· Aug 23, 2022
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Aug 23, 2022
Lawson, Al
· Aug 23, 2022
Pascrell, Bill
· Aug 23, 2022
 R
Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Aug 23, 2022
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Aug 9, 2022
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Aug 9, 2022
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Aug 9, 2022
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Aug 9, 2022
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Aug 9, 2022
 R
Gooden, Lance
Texas · Jul 29, 2022
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jul 29, 2022
 R
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · Jul 29, 2022
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jul 29, 2022
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jul 26, 2022
McNerney, Jerry
· Jul 26, 2022
Payne, Donald
· Jul 26, 2022
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Jul 26, 2022
PRICE, DAVID
· Jul 20, 2022
 R
Gimenez, Carlos A.
Florida · Jul 18, 2022
Blumenauer, Earl
· Jul 15, 2022
 R
Moore, Barry
Alabama · Jul 15, 2022
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 12, 2022
Katko, John
· Jul 12, 2022
 D
Stevens, Haley M.
Michigan · Jul 12, 2022
Granger, Kay
· Jul 11, 2022
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 7, 2022
 R
Malliotakis, Nicole
New York · Jul 7, 2022
Newman, Marie
· Jul 7, 2022
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Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jul 5, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5244: AFTER Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5244/
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