HR4698-119

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste Act or the PAAW Act.

2. Prohibition on research causing significant pain or distress to dogs and cats Subpart 6 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285f et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Director of NIH may not conduct or support any research that causes significant pain or distress to a dog or cat. In this section, the term research that causes significant pain or distress includes any study that includes an assignment of pain category D or E, as defined by the Pain and Distress Categories of the Department of Agriculture (or such successor categories developed pursuant to section 13 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2143)). The amendment made by subsection (a) applies beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 447E.Prohibition on research causing significant pain or distress to dogs and cats (a)In generalThe Director of NIH may not conduct or support any research that causes significant pain or distress to a dog or cat. (b)DefinitionIn this section, the term research that causes significant pain or distress includes any study that includes an assignment of pain category D or E, as defined by the Pain and Distress Categories of the Department of Agriculture (or such successor categories developed pursuant to section 13 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2143))..

447E. Prohibition on research causing significant pain or distress to dogs and cats The Director of NIH may not conduct or support any research that causes significant pain or distress to a dog or cat. In this section, the term research that causes significant pain or distress includes any study that includes an assignment of pain category D or E, as defined by the Pain and Distress Categories of the Department of Agriculture (or such successor categories developed pursuant to section 13 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2143)).