HR 456 119th 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: January 15, 2025 Introduced by: Steube, W. Gregory Republican · Florida See on congress.gov

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Jan 15, 2025

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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 January 15, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 456: Protecting Dogs Subjected to Experiments Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-456/

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"H.R. 456: Protecting Dogs Subjected to Experiments Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-456/.

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H.R. 456, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-456/.

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