HR 5726 United States House · 117th Congress

CARE Act of 2021

Summary

Companion Animal Release from Experiments Act of 2021 or the CARE Act of 2021 This bill requires, as a condition of receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health, entities that carry out animal-based research to establish adoption policies for dogs, cats, and rabbits when they are no longer used for research. It also limits, under certain conditions, an entity's liability related to these adoptions.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Oct 2021

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Oct 26, 2021 Last action Oct 27, 2021

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Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

3

Key actions

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Committee

2

Oct 27, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Oct 26, 2021

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

lower

Oct 26, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 9 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role

Legislator

Party

State

District

Donald M. Payne, Jr.

Linda T. Sánchez

Lucille Roybal-Allard

Mary Gay Scanlon

Nicole Malliotakis