H.R. 233 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
HELP PETS Act
Cosponsors: 1 (0 D, 1 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-01-07
Latest action (2025-01-07): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
What H.R. 233 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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