AFTER Act of 2023
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In committee
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Passed House
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To President
Became law
Mar 8, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S716)
Mar 8, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2023 or the AFTER Act of 2023
This bill requires departments, agencies, or instrumentalities that operate federal research facilities or exhibit animals to promulgate regulations that facilitate and encourage the adoption of certain animals that are suitable for retirement.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S716)
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
18
D
Heinrich, Martin
D
Welch, Peter
D
Luján, Ben Ray
D
Booker, Cory A.
D
Duckworth, Tammy
D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
D
Hickenlooper, John W.
I
King, Angus S., Jr.
D
Merkley, Jeff
D
Padilla, Alex
D
Peters, Gary C.
D
Rosen, Jacky
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
D
Smith, Tina
D
Van Hollen, Chris
D
Warnock, Raphael G.
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Warren, Elizabeth
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 707: AFTER Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-707/
"S. 707: AFTER Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-707/.
S. 707, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-707/.
[S. 707: AFTER Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-707/)