HR 297 119th Congress House Education Animal protection and human-animal relationships Education programs funding Higher education Research and development Research ethics

HELP PETS Act

Introduced: January 9, 2025 Introduced by: Malliotakis, Nicole Republican · New York See on congress.gov

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Jan 9, 2025

Introduced in House

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Higher Education Loses Payments for Painful Experiments, Tests and Studies Act or the HELP PETS Act

This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) from receiving federal funds if the IHE conducts or funds painful research on dogs or cats. Painful research refers to any research, biomedical training, experimentation, or biological testing classified in specified pain categories by the Department of Agriculture.

What's happening now January 9, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 297: HELP PETS Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-297/

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"H.R. 297: HELP PETS Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-297/.

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H.R. 297, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-297/.

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[H.R. 297: HELP PETS Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-297/)