Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Requires NIH-funded research entities to file an annual form with NIH listing total animals bred, housed, and used, broken down by species and by categories of pain or distress and use of pain-relief. NIH must provide the form to institutional animal care committees and publish each filed form in a publicly searchable database within three months.
Left emphasizes animal welfare and transparency benefits
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill clearly establishes a substantive change by adding statutory reporting requirements and public disclosure obligations for animal use data collected under the Public Health Service Act.
Requires NIH-funded research entities to file an annual form with NIH listing total animals bred, housed, and used, broken down by species and by categories of pain or distress and use of pain-relief.
NIH must provide the form to institutional animal care committees and publish each filed form in a publicly searchable database within three months.
The reporting requirement becomes effective two years after enactment.
Technically narrow and administratively focused so plausible; institutional opposition, modest costs, and competing priorities limit likelihood.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill clearly establishes a substantive change by adding statutory reporting requirements and public disclosure obligations for animal use data collected under the Public Health Service Act. It provides concrete reporting categories and some implementation timing, but omits several operational details that would be expected to fully implement and sustain the new obligations.
Left emphasizes animal welfare and transparency benefits
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Left emphasizes animal welfare and transparency benefits
Likely supportive because the bill increases transparency and data for animal welfare oversight.
May view the reporting categories as helpful for reducing unnecessary animal use but want faster implementation and more detail on certain species and procedures.
Generally favorable toward standardized reporting and accountability, while cautious about administrative burdens and unintended disclosures.
Sees benefit in public trust but wants clarity on costs, confidentiality protections, and NIH enforcement mechanisms.
Skeptical due to increased federal reporting requirements and potential impacts on research competitiveness and confidentiality.
May accept transparency in principle but worries about misuse of data and federal overreach into institutional affairs.
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Technically narrow and administratively focused so plausible; institutional opposition, modest costs, and competing priorities limit likelihood.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Left emphasizes animal welfare and transparency benefits
Technically narrow and administratively focused so plausible; institutional opposition, modest costs, and competing priorities limit likeli…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill clearly establishes a substantive change by adding statutory reporting requirements and public disclosure obligations for animal use data collected under the Public H…
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