S 2397
118th Congress
Senate
Animals
WATCH Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 19, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 19, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Worldwide Animal Testing Compliance and Harmonization Act of 2023 or the WATCH Act
This bill subjects foreign laboratories that receive federal funds and that conduct animal research to U.S. animal welfare regulations.
The National Institutes of Health must establish a process to inspect these laboratories on a quarterly basis to ensure compliance with U.S. animal welfare regulations, such as the use of animal care committees and evaluations of animal care and treatment. Laboratories that are found to be noncompliant, and that do not take appropriate corrective action, are subject to funding revocation.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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