Accountability in Foreign Animal Research Act

Accountability in Foreign Animal Research Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from conducting or supporting research on vertebrate animals in a facility or through an entity that is affiliated with China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or another foreign country of concern.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5020 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5020

       To prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars to support animal 
      experimentation in the laboratories of adversarial nations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2023

 Mrs. McClain (for herself and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
       To prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars to support animal 
      experimentation in the laboratories of adversarial nations.

    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 ``Accountability in Foreign Animal 
Research Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING RESEARCH ON ANIMALS IN CERTAIN FOREIGN 
              COUNTRIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
not--
            (1) directly or indirectly conduct research that involves 
        testing on vertebrate animals in any facility, or through any 
        entity, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by--
                    (A) any of the foreign countries specified in 
                subsection (b); or
                    (B) such other foreign country that the Secretary 
                of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the 
                Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, 
                determines is a foreign country of concern for the 
                purposes of this Act; or
            (2) support, through grants, subgrants, contracts, 
        cooperative agreements, or other funding vehicles, research 
        that involves testing on vertebrate animals conducted by any 
        entity based in a foreign country referred to in paragraph (1).
    (b) Foreign Countries Specified.--The foreign countries specified 
in this subsection are the following:
            (1) The People's Republic of China, including the Hong Kong 
        Special Administrative Region.
            (2) The Islamic Republic of Iran.
            (3) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
            (4) The Russian Federation.
    (c) Report on Addition to List of Foreign Countries.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        shall submit to the chairperson and ranking member of each of 
        the appropriate committees of Congress a report with respect to 
        each instance in which the Secretary makes a determination with 
        respect to a country under subsection (a)(1)(B) that contains a 
        detailed accounting of the Secretary's reasoning for such 
        determination.
            (2) Timing.--A report shall be submitted under paragraph 
        (1) not later than 60 days after the date of an instance 
        described in such paragraph.
            (3) Appropriate committees of congress.--In this section, 
        the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                Pensions of the Senate;
                    (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
                    (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives;
                    (E) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
                House of Representatives; and
                    (F) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
                of Representatives.
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