,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adce  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #aj1    
#bjbe,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself and ,mr4  
,schmitt7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars to 
support animal experimentation in the   
laboratories of adversarial nations4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,accountability in ,foreign     
,animal ,research ,act4  #b4            
,prohibition on funding research on     
animals in certain foreign countries    
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of      
,health and ,human ,services may not--  
7#a7 directly or indirectly conduct     
biomedical research or experimentation  
that involves testing on vertebrate     
animals in any facility1 or through any 
entity1 located in1 or owned or         
controlled1 directly or indirectly1 by--
 7,a7 any of the foreign countries      

specified in subsection 7b72 or  7,b7   
such other foreign country that the     
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 in consultation with the     
,secretary of ,state and the ,secretary 
of ,defense1 determines is a foreign    
country of concern for the purposes of  
this ,act2 or  7#b7 support1 through    
grants1 subgrants1 contracts1           
cooperative agreements1 or other funding
 vehicles1 biomedical research or       
experimentation that involves testing on
 vertebrate animals conducted by any    
entity based in a foreign country       
referred to in paragraph 7#a74  7b7     
,foreign countries specified ,the       
foreign countries specified in this     
subsection are the following3 7#a7 ,the 
,people's ,republic of ,china1 including
 the ,hong ,kong ,special               
,administrative ,region4  7#b7 ,the     
,islamic ,republic of ,iran4  7#c7 ,the 
,democratic ,people's ,republic of      
,korea4  7#d7 ,the ,russian ,federation4
  7c7 ,report on addition to list of    

foreign countries  7#a7 ,in general ,the
 ,secretary of ,health and ,human       
,services shall submit to the           
chairperson and ranking member of each  
of the appropriate committees of        
,congress a report with respect to each 
instance in which the ,secretary makes a
 determination with respect to a country
 under subsection 7a77#a77;,b7 that     
contains a detailed accounting of the   
,secretary's reasoning for such         
determination4  7#b7 ,timing ,a report  
shall be submitted under paragraph 7#a7 
not later than #fj days after the date  
of an instance described in such        
paragraph4  7#c7 ,appropriate committees
 of ,congress ,in this section1 the term
 appropriate committees of ,congress    
means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on          
,appropriations of the ,senate2  7,b7   
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions of the ,senate2   
7,c7 the ,committee on ,homeland        
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate2  7,d7 the ,committee on    

,appropriations of the ,house of        
,representatives2  7,e7 the ,committee  
on ,energy and ,commerce of the ,house  
of ,representatives2 and  7,f7 the      
,committee on ,homeland ,security of the
 ,house of ,representatives4