PAAW Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4698 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4698

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Director of the 
National Institutes of Health from conducting or funding research that 
  causes significant pain or distress to a dog or cat, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2025

  Ms. Mace (for herself, Mr. Soto, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Davis of North 
     Carolina, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Carson, Ms. 
  Malliotakis, Ms. Titus, Mr. Webster of Florida, Ms. Tokuda, and Ms. 
   Salazar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Director of the 
National Institutes of Health from conducting or funding research that 
  causes significant pain or distress to a dog or cat, 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 ``Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste 
Act'' or the ``PAAW Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RESEARCH CAUSING SIGNIFICANT PAIN OR DISTRESS TO 
              DOGS AND CATS.

    (a) In General.--Subpart 6 of part C of title IV of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285f et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``SEC. 447E. PROHIBITION ON RESEARCH CAUSING SIGNIFICANT PAIN OR 
              DISTRESS TO DOGS AND CATS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director of NIH may not conduct or support 
any research that causes significant pain or distress to a dog or cat.
    ``(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `research that causes 
significant pain or distress' includes any study that includes an 
assignment of pain category D or E, as defined by the Pain and Distress 
Categories of the Department of Agriculture (or such successor 
categories developed pursuant to section 13 of the Animal Welfare Act 
(7 U.S.C. 2143)).''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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