,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #h1 #bjbe,ms4   
,malliotakis 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,davis  
of ,north ,carolina1 ,mrs4 ,kiggans of  
,virginia1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4            
,fitzpatrick1 and ,mr4 ,carson7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,public ,health ,service ,act to improve
 the accuracy and transparency of animal
 use data collected by the ,national    
,institutes of ,health from entities    
that conduct biomedical and behavioral  
research with funds provided under such 
,act4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may  
be cited as the ,federal ,animal        
,research ,accountability ,act of #bjbe4
  #b4 ,improving the accuracy and       
transparency of animal use data         
collected by the national institutes of 
health  7a7 ,in general ,section        
#die7;b7 of the ,public ,health ,service
 ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhi;d7b77 is      

amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#c7-- 7,a7
 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking and  
at the end2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,c71 
by striking the period at the end and   
inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by inserting 
after subparagraph 7,c7 the following3  
7,d7 file with the ,director of ,,nih   
annually a form indicating the total    
number of animals bred1 housed1 and used
 by the research entity in the preceding
 fiscal year1 that includes1 with       
respect to such total number-- 7i7 the  
common species names and the numbers of 
each species upon which teaching1       
research1 experiments1 or tests were    
conducted involving no pain1 distress1  
or use of pain-relieving drugs          
7including research involving only      
routine procedures such as injections1  
tattooing1 and blood sampling72  7ii7   
the common species names and the numbers
 of each species upon which teaching1   
research1 experiments1 or tests were    
conducted involving accompanying pain or
 distress to the animals and for which  

appropriate anesthetic1 analgesic1 or   
tranquilizing drugs were used2  7iii7   
the common species names and the numbers
 of each species upon which teaching1   
research1 experiments1 or tests were    
conducted involving accompanying pain or
 distress to the animals and for which  
the use of appropriate anesthetic1      
analgesic1 or tranquilizing drugs would 
have adversely affected the procedures1 
results1 or interpretation of the       
research2 and  7iv7 the common species  
names and the numbers of each species   
being bred1 conditioned1 or held for use
 in teaching1 research1 experiments1 or 
tests but not yet used for such         
purposes4  2 and  7#b7 in the matter    
following paragraph 7#c71 by adding at  
the end the following3 ,the ,director of
 ,,nih shall make available to each     
animal care committee of a research     
entity a form for collecting the        
information described in subparagraph   
7,d74 ,not later than #c months after   
such a form is filed pursuant to        

subparagraph 7,d71 the ,director of     
,,nih shall make the form available     
online in a publicly accessible and     
searchable database44  7b7 ,delayed     
applicability ,the amendments made by   
subsection 7a7 shall apply beginning on 
the date that is #b years after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act4