H.R. 5527 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5527 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 8, 2021Mrs. McClain (for herself, Mr. Keller, Ms. Malliotakis, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Mast, Mr. Posey, Mr. Norman, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Allen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health from conducting or supporting research on animals in certain foreign countries, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accountability in Foreign Animal Research Act. 2. Prohibition on funding research on animals in certain foreign countries (a) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, may not directly or indirectly conduct or support, through grants, subgrants, contracts, cooperative agreements or other funding vehicles, research that involves testing on vertebrate animals that will be conducted in any of the foreign countries specified in subsection (b). (b) Foreign countries specified The foreign countries specified in this section includes each of the following foreign countries: (1) The People’s Republic of China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China). (2) The Republic of Cuba (Cuba). (3) The Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran). (4) The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). (5) The Russian Federation (Russia). (6) Venezuelan politician Nicolas Maduro (Maduro Regime). (7) Such other foreign country that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, determines is a foreign adversary.