The Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste Act would prohibit the National Institutes of Health from conducting or funding research that causes significant pain or distress to dogs and cats, with the ban taking effect 90 days after the bill becomes law. The legislation defines prohibited research as any studies classified in pain categories D or E by the Department of Agriculture. The bill requires the NIH to publish annual reports detailing all ongoing dog and cat research projects that cause pain or distress, including project costs, the number of animals used, and efforts to phase out such research, while also requiring the Government Accountability Office to study NIH's progress in reducing dog and cat testing compared to other federal agencies. The bill does not specify new funding but mandates transparency through reporting requirements aimed at holding the NIH accountable for its use of taxpayer dollars in animal research.
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