Animals in Laboratories Protection Act of 1985

Summary

Animals in Laboratories Protection Act of 1985-Amends the Animal Welfare Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to include the promotion of psychological well-being among the standards for the humane handling of laboratory animals. Requires that animal pain and distress be minimized through drugs, euthanasia, or the selection, where possible, of alternate procedures. Limits the use of an animal to one major operative experiment, except as specified. Requires facilities using laboratory animals to include details of pain-causing procedures in their annual reports. Requires each research facility, including Federal facilities, to establish at least one Institutional Animal Committee to assess animal care and experimental practices on a semiannual basis. Requires the Committee report to be available for Federal inspection. Grants a facility time to cure any discovered deficiences or deviations in acceptable practices. Requires each facility to provide annual training in the humane practice of animal experimentation. Directs the Secretary to establish an information service at the National Agricultural Library for training and animal experimentation information. Requires a Federal agency to revoke funding for a research facility in violation of these standards. Prohibits the release of trade secret information in this context. Increases and sets forth additional penalties for violations of such Act's requirements.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 25 October 1985

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 25 October 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 25 October 1985

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] · D · Sponsor
• · ssaf00 · Standing

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.