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Title VII: Health Care Provisions

Sec. 757Expansion of prohibition on painful research on certain animals

TL;DR

Amends existing law relating to expansion of prohibition on painful research on certain animals.

Statutory text

Section 732 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended—(1)in the section heading, by striking on domestic cats and dogs and inserting on certain animals; and(2)in subsection (a), by striking a domestic cat (Felis catus) or a domestic dog (Canis familiaris) and inserting a domestic cat (Felis catus), a domestic dog (Canis familiaris), or a nonhuman member of the order Primates.