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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 States, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill, titled the "Cease Animal Research Grants Overseas Act of 2025" or "CARGO Act of 2025," prohibits the National Institutes of Health from awarding grants, contracts, or other support for research involving live animals unless the research is conducted in the United States. The bill cites Congressional findings that NIH provided approximately $2.2 billion to foreign organizations for animal research from 2011 through 2021, and that NIH does not conduct inspections of these foreign organizations, relying instead on their self-reported animal welfare information. The term "United States" for purposes of this prohibition includes the 50 states, District of Columbia, and US territories and possessions. The bill makes conforming amendments to existing provisions of the Public Health Service Act.
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Sponsor (1)
29 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA)
- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA)
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX)
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA)
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY)
- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] (R-TX)
- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA)
- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN)
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA)
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA)
- Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] (R-NY)
- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC)
- Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7] (R-PA)
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY)
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA)
- Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL)
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV)
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI)
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX)
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Actions (2)
- Feb 6, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Feb 6, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2025
Mr. Nehls (for himself, Ms. Titus, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Kim, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Gooden, and Mr. Mackenzie) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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 States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Cease Animal Research Grants Overseas Act of 2025” or the “CARGO Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) From fiscal year 2011 through fiscal year 2021, the National Institutes of Health provided approximately $2.2 billion to foreign organizations for research projects involving animals.
(2) The National Institutes of Health does not conduct inspections of foreign organizations, and these organizations self-report information pertaining to animal welfare, creating a risk that information will be misrepresented.
(3) This lack of oversight has resulted in the mistreatment of animals used in research projects performed outside the United States and funded by the American public.
SEC. 3. NO NIH SUPPORT FOR USE OF LIVE ANIMALS IN RESEARCH BY PERSONS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Section 495 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289d) is amended—
(1) in subsections (a)(3) and (c)(1)(A), by striking “subsection (b)” each place it appears and inserting “subsection (c)”;
(2) in subsection (b)(1) by striking “subsection (a)(3)” and inserting “subsection (b)(3)”;
(3) in subsections (b)(1), (b)(3)(A), (b)(3)(C), (c)(1)(A), and (d)(1), by striking “subsection (a)” each place it appears and inserting “subsection (b)”;
(4) in subsection (e), by striking “subsections (a) or
(c)” and inserting “subsection (b) or (d)”;
(5) by redesignating subsections (a) through (e) (as amended by this section) as subsections (b) through (f), respectively; and
(6) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesignated) the following:
“(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the National Institutes of Health may not award any support (including any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or technical assistance) for any activity or program that uses live animals for research unless the research occurs in the United States.
“(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘United States’ includes, in addition to the several States, the District of Columbia and any territory or possession of the United States.”. <all>
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