Cold-blooded Animal Research and Exhibition Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2976 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2976 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to include cold-blooded species as animals, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2025 Ms. McCollum introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Animal Welfare Act to include cold-blooded species as animals, 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 ``Cold-blooded Animal Research and Exhibition Act''. SEC. 2. INCLUDING REPTILES AND FISH AS ANIMALS UNDER ANIMAL WELFARE ACT. Section 2(g) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2132(g)) is amended to read as follows: ``(g)(1) The term `animal' means any live or dead warm-blooded animal (including a dog, cat, monkey (nonhuman primate mammal), guinea pig, hamster, rabbit, or…