HR 5726
117th Congress
House
Health
Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Mammals
Medical research
Research ethics
CARE Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 27, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 26, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 26, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Companion Animal Release from Experiments Act of 2021 or the CARE Act of 2021
This bill requires, as a condition of receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health, entities that carry out animal-based research to establish adoption policies for dogs, cats, and rabbits when they are no longer used for research. It also limits, under certain conditions, an entity's liability related to these adoptions.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
2
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5726: CARE Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5726/
"H.R. 5726: CARE Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5726/.
H.R. 5726, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5726/.
[H.R. 5726: CARE Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5726/)