United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3197 (115th)
PUPPERS Act of 2017
Introduced
12 July 2017
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Summary
Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species Act of 2017 or the PUPPERS Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs, in carrying out research within the Veterans Health Administration, from purchasing, breeding, transporting, housing, feeding, maintaining, disposing of, or experimenting on dogs as part of the conduct of any study that causes significant pain or distress.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 12 July 2017
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 12 July 2017
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 12 July 2017
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3197
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3197