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HR 2878 118th 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 2023

Introduced: August 11, 2023 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 28, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 26, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 26, 2023
Introduced in House
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Companion Animal Release from Experiments Act of 2023 or the CARE Act of 2023

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 April 28, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 10 Republican 4
D
Goldman, Daniel S.
New York · Nov 18, 2024
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 23, 2024
 D
Hoyle, Val T.
Oregon · Feb 6, 2024
D'Esposito, Anthony
· Nov 7, 2023
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Aug 22, 2023
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Aug 22, 2023
 R
Malliotakis, Nicole
New York · Aug 11, 2023
 R
Lee, Laurel M.
Florida · Jul 26, 2023
 D
Scholten, Hillary J.
Michigan · Jul 18, 2023
 R
Mace, Nancy
South Carolina · May 23, 2023
 D
Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · May 9, 2023
 D
Mullin, Kevin
California · May 9, 2023
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 5, 2023
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Apr 26, 2023
Payne, Donald
· Apr 26, 2023
Posey, Bill
· Apr 26, 2023
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Apr 26, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2878: CARE Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2878/
MLA
"H.R. 2878: CARE Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2878/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 2878, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2878/.
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[H.R. 2878: CARE Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2878/)
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