Prohibit federal funding for the breeding of dogs and cats intended for research experimentation.

Congressman Langworthy urged inclusion of language in the FY2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill that would explicitly bar taxpayer funding for the breeding of dogs and cats used in laboratory experimentation.

He is calling on Congress to add FY2027 appropriations language banning federal funding for breeding dogs and cats for research experimentation.

Congressman Nick Langworthy Pushes to End Federal Funding for Breeding Dogs and Cats for Research Experimentation | Congressman Nick Langworthy
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No matching text found for "animal" in the enacted Public Law 119-75 PDF; the law is the FY2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act that funds HHS and NIH.

The enacted FY2026 spending law funds NIH/HHS, but the text search shows no dog/cat/animal-specific prohibition, so the promised federal funding ban was not enacted.

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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
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The National Institutes of Health established ORIVA to advance non-animal alternatives in biomedical research.

This is a recent federal step toward reducing animal testing generally, but it does not prohibit federal funding for breeding dogs and cats intended for research experimentation.

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NIH moves to reduce animal testing in research
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