HR 233
HELP PETS Act
Summary
Higher Education Loses Payments for Painful Experiments, Tests and Studies Act or the HELP PETS Act This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) from receiving federal funds if the IHE conducts or funds painful research on dogs or cats. Painful research refers to any research, biomedical training, experimentation, or biological testing classified in specified pain categories by the Department of Agriculture.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rep. Nicole Malliotakis [R-NY-11]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Education
- Introduced
- 2025-01-07
- Latest action
- 2025-01-07: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-01-07: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- 2025-01-07: Introduced in House
- 2025-01-07: Introduced in House