HR 5244 · 117th Congress · Animals

AFTER Act of 2021

Introduced 2021-09-14· Sponsored by Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]· House

Bill Progress

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Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.(2021-10-05)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2021 or the AFTER Act of 2021 This bill requires federal research facilities to facilitate the adoption or nonlaboratory placement of certain warm-blooded animals (e.g., dogs, cats, monkeys, guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits) with animal rescue organizations, animal sanctuaries, animal shelters, or individuals. In order to be adopted or placed, the animals must (1) no longer be needed for research; (2) be suitable for release; (3) not be birds, rats, or mice.…

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Cosponsors (20)

16 Democrats4 Republicans
Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]SC
Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]WA
Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12]PA
Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]AL
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]PA
Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]MN
Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]CA
Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]NY
Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]PA
Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]CA
Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]CA
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]CA
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]TN
Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]CA
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]CA
Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]GA
Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]WA
Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]NH
Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]NY
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]KS