119-s1802

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1802 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1802

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the National 
 Institutes of Health from awarding any support for an activity or 
 program that uses live animals in research unless the research occurs 
 in the United States, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 19, 2025

 Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mr. Booker) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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 A BILL

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the National 
 Institutes of Health from awarding any support for an activity or 
 program that uses live animals in research unless the research occurs 
 in the United States, 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 ``Cease Animal Research Grants 
Overseas Act of 2025'' or the ``CARGO Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) From fiscal year 2011 through fiscal year 2021, the 
 National Institutes of Health provided approximately 
 $2,200,000,000 to foreign organizations for research projects 
 involving animals.

    (2) The National Institutes of Health does not conduct 
 inspections of foreign organizations, and these organizations 
 self-report information pertaining to animal welfare, creating 
 a risk that information will be misrepresented.

    (3) The lack of oversight described in paragraph

    (2) has 
 resulted in the mistreatment of animals used in research 
 projects performed outside the United States and funded by the 
 American public.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON AWARDING NIH SUPPORT FOR USE OF LIVE ANIMALS IN 
 RESEARCH BY PERSONS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

 

Section 495 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289d) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (f) Prohibition.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
 this Act, the Director of NIH may not award any support, 
 including any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or 
 technical assistance, for any activity or program that uses 
 live animals in research unless the research occurs in the 
 United States.
 ``

    (2) Definition of united states.--In paragraph

    (1) , the 
 term `United States' includes--
 ``
        (A) each State; and
 ``
        (B) each territory and possession of the United 
 States.''.
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