House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Accountability in Foreign Animal Research Act
Official title: To prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars to support animal experimentation in the laboratories of adversarial nations.
Sponsor: Rep. Lisa McClain R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3043.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCLAIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 70, April 28, 2025, Page H1684):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3043, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3043
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
10 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Earl Carter (R-GA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), John McGuire (R-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lisa McClain.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.