Federal Animal Research Accountability Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3295 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3295 To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the accuracy and transparency of animal use data collected by the National Institutes of Health from entities that conduct biomedical and behavioral research with funds provided under such Act. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 8, 2025 Ms. Malliotakis (for herself, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Ms. Titus, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Carson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the accuracy and transparency of animal use data collected by the National Institutes of Health from entities that conduct biomedical and behavioral research with funds provided under such Act. 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 ``Federal Animal Research Accountability Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. IMPROVING THE ACCURACY AND TRANSPARENCY OF ANIMAL USE DATA COLLECTED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. (a) In General.--Section 495(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289d(b)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (3)-- (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end; (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: ``(D) file with the Director of NIH annually a form indicating the total number of animals bred, housed, and used by the research entity in the preceding fiscal year, that includes, with respect to such total number-- ``(i) the common species names and the numbers of each speci