Accountability in Foreign Animal Research Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3043 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3043 To prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars to support animal experimentation in the laboratories of adversarial nations. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2025 Mrs. McClain (for herself and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ 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 biomedical research or experimentation that involves testing on vertebrate animals in any facility, or through any entity, located in, or 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, biomedical research or experimentation 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: