,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #f1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,nehls 7for himself1 ,ms4     
,titus1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mrs4 ,kim1 ,mr4  
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,davis of ,north     
,carolina1 ,ms4 ,malliotakis1 ,mr4      
,gooden1 and ,mr4 ,mackenzie7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the     
,public ,health ,service ,act to        
prohibit the ,national ,institutes of   
,health from awarding any support for an
 activity or program that uses live     
animals in research unless the research 
occurs in the ,united ,states1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,cease ,animal 
,research ,grants ,overseas ,act of     
#bjbe or the ,,cargo ,act of #bjbe4  #b4
 ,findings ,congress finds the          
following3 7#a7 ,from fiscal year #bjaa 
through fiscal year #bjba1 the ,national
 ,institutes of ,health provided        

approximately #b4b billion to foreign   
organizations for research projects     
involving animals4  7#b7 ,the ,national 
,institutes of ,health does not conduct 
inspections of foreign organizations1   
and these organizations self-report     
information pertaining to animal        
welfare1 creating a risk that           
information will be misrepresented4     
7#c7 ,this lack of oversight has        
resulted in the mistreatment of animals 
used in research projects performed     
outside the ,united ,states and funded  
by the ,american public4  #c4 ,no ,,nih 
support for use of live animals in      
research by persons outside of the      
,united ,states ,section #die of the    
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bhi;d7 is amended-- 7#a7 in  
subsections 7a77#c7 and 7c77#a77;,a71 by
 striking subsection 7b7 each place it  
appears and inserting subsection 7c72   
7#b7 in subsection 7b77#a7 by striking  
subsection 7a77#c7 and inserting        
subsection 7b77#c72  7#c7 in subsections

 7b77#a71 7b77#c77;,a71 7b77#c77;,c71   
7c77#a77;,a71 and 7d77#a71 by striking  
subsection 7a7 each place it appears and
 inserting subsection 7b72  7#d7 in     
subsection 7e71 by striking subsections 
7a7 or 7c7 and inserting subsection 7b7 
or 7d72  7#e7 by redesignating          
subsections 7a7 through 7e7 7as amended 
by this section7 as subsections 7b7     
through 7f71 respectively2 and  7#f7 by 
inserting before subsection 7b7 7as so  
redesignated7 the following3  7a7 7#a7  
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this ,act1 the ,national ,institutes of 
,health may not award any support       
7including any grant1 contract1         
cooperative agreement1 or technical     
assistance7 for any activity or program 
that uses live animals for research     
unless the research occurs in the       
,united ,states4  7#b7 ,for purposes of 
paragraph 7#a71 the term ,united ,states
 includes1 in addition to the several   
,states1 the ,district of ,columbia and 
any territory or possession of the      

,united ,states4  4