WATCH Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7165 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7165 To amend section 495 of the Public Health Service Act to require inspections of foreign laboratories conducting biomedical and behavioral research to ensure compliance with applicable animal welfare requirements, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 20, 2026 Mr. Steube (for himself and Ms. Lee of Nevada) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend section 495 of the Public Health Service Act to require inspections of foreign laboratories conducting biomedical and behavioral research to ensure compliance with applicable animal welfare requirements, 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 TITLES. This Act may be cited as the ``Worldwide Animal Testing Compliance and Harmonization…