House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Companion Animal Protection Against Cruel Testing Act
Official title: To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Department of Health and Human Services funds for the use of live dogs and live cats in biomedical research, to strengthen accountability for Federal research expenditures, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10522.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANGWORTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 149, September 21, 2026, Page H5994):Article I, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10522, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10522
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
15 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 15 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Randy Fine (R-FL), Young Kim (R-CA), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 177 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
- H.Res. 426 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 13) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.