,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahjb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ai1 #bjbe
 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for himself   
and ,mr4 ,booker7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,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         
#b1bjj1jjj1jjj 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 ,the lack of      
oversight described in paragraph 7#b7   
has resulted in the mistreatment of     
animals used in research projects       
performed outside the ,united ,states   
and funded by the ,american public4  #c4
  ,prohibition on awarding ,,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 by adding at the end the        
following3  7f7  ,prohibition  7#a7  ,in
 general  ,notwithstanding any other    
provision of this ,act1 the ,director of
 ,,nih may not award any support1       
including any grant1 contract1          
cooperative agreement1 or technical     
assistance1 for any activity or program 

that uses live animals in research      
unless the research occurs in the       
,united ,states4  7#b7  ,definition of  
,united ,states  ,in paragraph 7#a71 the
 term ,united ,states includes--  7,a7  
each ,state2 and  7,b7 each territory   
and possession of the ,united ,states4  
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