To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to institutions of higher education that conduct painful biomedical research on dogs and cats.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to institutions of higher education that conduct painful biomedical research on dogs and cats., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Defense, Environment.
Who Benefits and How
schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H6FA1CD599BC64D9A8E7BF87FDAAB38A5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Higher Education Loses Payments for Painful Experiments, Tests and Studies Act or the HELP PETS Act.
- Section HBA61CDEE651F45A5A7D55B81982A3972: 2. Prohibition on availability of Federal Funds to Institutions of Higher Education that conduct painful research using dogs and cats Beginning on the date...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to institutions of higher education that conduct painful biomedical research on dogs and cats., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Defense, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to institutions of higher education that conduct painful biomedical research on dogs and cats., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- schools, students, and education providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
research on a dog or cat with a naturally occurring disease or injury that is conducted— for the benefit of the dog or cat
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