,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #aaee ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,february #ac1 #bjai,ms4 ,titus 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,mast1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1 ,mrs4 ,walorski1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new ,hampshire1 ,mr4 ,buchanan1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,mr4 ,stauber1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mrs4 ,brooks of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,katko1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,hurd of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,david ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,lawson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,aguilar1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,estes1 ,mr4 ,grothman1 ,mr4 ,lamb1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mrs4 ,lowey1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 and ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 to prohibit the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs from conducting medical research causing significant pain or distress to dogs4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,preventing ,unkind and ,painful ,procedures and ,experiments on ,respected ,species ,act of #bjai or the ,,puppers ,act of #bjai4 #b4 ,prohibition on ,department of ,veterans ,affairs medical research causing significant pain or distress to dogs 7a7 ,in general ,section #gcjc of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection3 7e7 7#a7 ,in carrying out research1 the ,secretary may not purchase1 breed1 transport1 house1 feed1 maintain1 dispose of1 or experiment on dogs as part of the conduct of any study that causes significant pain or distress4 7#b7 ,in this subsection1 the term study that causes significant pain or distress-- 7,a7 includes any study classified to pain category ,d or ,e by the ,department of ,agriculture2 and 7,b7 does not include any physical exam1 training program1 or study relating to service or working dogs4 4 7b7 ,effective date ,the amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall take effect #ij days after the date of enactment of this ,act4