,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hhfg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #c1        
#bjbj,ms4 ,titus 7for herself1 ,mr4     
,mast1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1  
,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of        
,california1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4 ,shalala1
 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of 
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,harder of ,california1 
,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,ms4 ,norton1 
,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4         
,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1   
,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,ms4    
,eshoo1 and ,mr4 ,hurd 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 cats4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,cat     
,abuse in ,testing ,stops ,act of #bjbj 
or the ,,cats ,act of #bjbj4  #b4       

,prohibition on ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs medical research causing      
significant pain or distress to cats    
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 
cats 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 includes any study         
classified to pain category ,d or ,e by 
the ,department of ,agriculture 7or such
 successor categories developed pursuant
 to section #ac of the ,animal ,welfare 
,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #badc774  4  7b7     
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall take effect #ij    
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act4