- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Jan 7, 2025
What it does
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.
Official summary · Introduced in House · Jan 7, 2025
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Sponsors
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Where it goes next
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