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HR 8699 117th Congress House Health Animal protection and human-animal relationships Mammals Medical ethics Medical research National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research administration and funding Research ethics

Protecting Dogs Subjected to Experiments Act

Introduced: August 9, 2022 Introduced by: Steube, W. Gregory Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Aug 9, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Aug 9, 2022
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Protecting Dogs Subjected to Experiments Act

This bill prohibits the National Institutes of Health from funding biological, medical, or behavioral research that involves testing dogs.

What's happening now August 9, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 4 Republican 5
D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Dec 2, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 18, 2022
 R
Gimenez, Carlos A.
Florida · Oct 7, 2022
Newman, Marie
· Oct 4, 2022
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · Sep 28, 2022
ROYBAL-ALLARD, LUCILLE
· Sep 22, 2022
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Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Sep 14, 2022
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Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Sep 2, 2022
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Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Aug 12, 2022
Posey, Bill
· Aug 12, 2022
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Schweikert, David
Arizona · Aug 12, 2022
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Aug 9, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8699: Protecting Dogs Subjected to Experiments Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8699/
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"H.R. 8699: Protecting Dogs Subjected to Experiments Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8699/.
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H.R. 8699, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8699/.
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