,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bc1 #bjbe,ms4 
,mace 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4    
,obernolte1 ,mr4 ,davis of ,north       
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,lawler1 ,ms4 ,norton1  
,mr4 ,nehls1 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,ms4         
,malliotakis1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,webster
 of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,tokuda1 and ,ms4    
,salazar7 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 ,director of the        
,national ,institutes of ,health from   
conducting or funding research that     
causes significant pain or distress to a
 dog or cat1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,preventing ,animal ,abuse and  
,waste ,act or the ,,paaw ,act4  #b4    
,prohibition on research causing        
significant pain or distress to dogs and
 cats  7a7 ,in general ,subpart #f of   
part ,c of title ,,iv of the ,public    

,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bhe;f et seq47 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  #ddg;,e4        
,prohibition on research causing        
significant pain or distress to dogs and
 cats  7a7 ,in general ,the ,director of
 ,,nih may not conduct or support any   
research that causes significant pain or
 distress to a dog or cat4  7b7         
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
research that causes significant pain or
 distress includes any study that       
includes an assignment of pain category 
,d or ,e1 as defined by the ,pain and   
,distress ,categories of the ,department
 of ,agriculture 7or such successor     
categories developed pursuant to section
 #ac of the ,animal ,welfare ,act 7#g   
,u4,s4,c4 #badc774  4  7b7              
,applicability ,the amendment made by   
subsection 7a7 applies beginning on the 
date that is #ij days after the date of 
enactment of this ,act4