# 119-s-1435: Accountability in Foreign Animal Research Act

119-s-1435, Accountability in Foreign Animal Research Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1435
- Congress: 119
- Title: Accountability in Foreign Animal Research Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from using federal funds to fund or conduct biomedical research involving vertebrate animals in specified foreign countries.** It also creates a formal reporting step when HHS names any other country a country of concern. - HHS-funded researchers and U.S. institutions: They would be barred from conducting or receiving HHS funding for vertebrate-animal biomedical work in facilities or through entities located in, or owned or controlled by, the 4 listed countries. - Foreign research entities in listed countries: Entities based in the People’s Republic of China (including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region), the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and the Russian Federation could not get HHS grants, subgrants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other HHS funding for such research. - Congress and oversight: The HHS Secretary must send a detailed report explaining any new “country of concern” designation to 6 specified congressional committees within 60 days.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] (R-MO), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Limits HHS funding for foreign animal testing: mixed, low. This bill would prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from funding or conducting biomedical research that tests vertebrate animals with facilities or entities based in certain foreign countries. Covered countries would include the People’s Republic of China (including Hong Kong), Iran…

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- 119-s-2355: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-1162: SHORT Act
- 119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026
- 119-s-3639: SAT Streamlining Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1435 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1435)

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- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-1162: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1162)
- [119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-401)
- [119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4429)
- [119-s-3639: SAT Streamlining Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3639)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1435 (as of 2025-12-21).