To require research facilities that use companion dogs, cats, or rabbits for research purposes and receive funding from the National Institutes of Health to offer such animals for adoption after completion of such research, and for other purposes.

United States116th CongressHR-8001House of Representatives
Updated: Aug 11, 2020

Summary

Companion Animal Release from Experiments Act of 2020 or the CARE Act of 2020 This bill requires, as a condition of receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health, entities that carry out animal-based research to establish adoption policies for dogs, cats, and rabbits when they are no longer used for research. It also limits, under certain conditions, an entity's liability related to these adoptions.

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  1. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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  2. Introduced in House

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