H.R. 3233 — A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to protect farm animals used in nonagricultural research and to prohibit the unnecessary surgery or alteration of animals.

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Amends the Animal Welfare Act with regard to the use of horses or farm animals for research. Prohibits the performance on animals of injuring or disfiguring surgery, or surgery to make the animal suitable for purposes of entertainment.

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1987-08-07
Introduced in House
1987-08-07
Introduced in House
1987-08-07
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
1987-08-26
Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.

A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to protect farm animals used in nonagricultural research and to prohibit the unnecessary surgery or alteration of animals.

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