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119-hr-4698119th Congress

PAAW Act

Sponsored By: Representative Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]

Introduced

Summary

Prohibits the NIH from conducting or funding research that causes significant pain or distress to dogs or cats. The bill would add Section 447E to the Public Health Service Act and bar NIH support for any study assigned pain category D or E under the Department of Agriculture's Pain and Distress Categories. The restriction would take effect 90 days after enactment.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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NIH limits on painful dog and cat research

This bill would bar NIH from conducting or funding studies that cause significant pain or distress to dogs or cats. Covered studies would include those labeled pain category D or E by the Department of Agriculture, or any successor categories under the Animal Welfare Act. The ban would start 90 days after enactment. NIH-funded researchers and institutions would need to avoid these procedures in dog and cat studies.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]

SC • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]

    IN • D

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 7/23/2025

  • Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 10/10/2025

  • Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 12/18/2025

  • Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 5/7/2026

Roll Call Votes

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