,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #g1         
#bjbe,ms4 ,malliotakis introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the 
availability of ,federal funds to       
institutions of higher education that   
conduct painful biomedical research on  
dogs and cats4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,higher        
,education ,loses ,payments for ,painful
 ,experiments1 ,tests and ,studies ,act 
or the ,,help ,,pets ,act4  #b4         
,prohibition on availability of ,federal
 ,funds to ,institutions of ,higher     
,education that conduct painful research
 using dogs and cats  7a7 ,in general   
,beginning on the date that is #ahj days
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 no ,federal funds may be made    
available to any institution of higher  
education that conducts or funds1 in    
whole or in part1 painful research on   

dogs or cats4  7b7 ,exceptions          
,subsection 7a7 shall not apply to--    
7#a7 clinical veterinary research2 or   
7#b7 any physical exam1 training        
program1 or study relating to service   
animals or military animals4  7c7       
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,clinical veterinary research ,the term 
clinical veterinary research means      
research on a dog or cat with a         
naturally occurring disease or injury   
that is conducted-- 7,a7 for the benefit
 of the dog or cat2 and  7,b7 with the  
intention of studying the effect of a   
procedure1 device1 or treatment         
protocol4  7#b7 ,institution of higher  
education ,the term institution of      
higher education has the meaning given  
the term in section #ajb of the ,higher 
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajjb74  7#c7 ,military animal ,the term
 military animal has the meaning given  
the term in section #behc7;i77#a7 of    
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#d7 
,painful research ,the term painful     

research includes any research1         
biomedical training1 experimentation1 or
 biological testing classified in pain  
category ,d or ,e by the ,department of 
,agriculture4  7#e7 ,service animal ,the
 term service animal has the meaning    
given the term in section #cg4c of title
 #di1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations4