TRANS MICE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4512 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4512

   To prohibit the availability of Federal funds for certain animal 
                   research, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2025

 Ms. Mace (for herself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Gill of Texas, and Ms. Boebert) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                     Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the availability of Federal funds for certain animal 
                   research, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transgender Research on Animals Now 
Stops and Money for Ideological Cruelty Eliminated Act'' or the ``TRANS 
MICE Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN ANIMAL 
              RESEARCH.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal funds may be made available to conduct, support, or fund 
(directly or indirectly) any covered research on a qualified animal.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered research.--The term ``covered research'' means 
        any research to study the effects of drugs, hormones, surgery, 
        or other interventions to alter the body of a qualified animal 
        to no longer correspond to the biological sex of such animal, 
        including by--
                    (A) disrupting the development of an animal's body;
                    (B) inhibiting the natural functions of the 
                animal's body; or
                    (C) modifying the physical appearance of an animal.
            (2) Excepted animal.--The term ``excepted animal'' means 
        any non-human vertebrate that--
                    (A) changes sex during its lifetime; or
                    (B) naturally possesses both male and female 
                reproductive organs.
            (3) Qualified animal.--The term ``qualified animal'' means 
        any non-human vertebrate species (other than excepted animals). 
        Such term includes mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and 
        amphibians.
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