S. 4288 — Introduced in Senate

II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4288 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 19 (legislative day, May 17), 2022Mr. Luján introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To allow manufacturers and sponsors of a drug to use alternative testing methods to animal testing to investigate the safety and effectiveness of a biological product. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reducing Animal Testing Act. 2. New approach methodologies Item (bb) of section 351(k)(2)(A)(i)(I) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(k)(2)(A)(i)(I)) is amended to read as follows: (bb) an assessment of toxicity (which may rely on, or consist of, a study or studies described in item (aa) or (cc)); and .