116 S708 IS: Kittens In Traumatic Testing Ends Now Act of 2019 U.S. Senate 2019-03-07 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II116th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 708IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMarch 7, 2019Mr. Merkley (for himself and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryA BILLTo amend the Animal Welfare Act to limit experimentation on cats.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Kittens In Traumatic Testing Ends Now Act of 2019 or the KITTEN Act of 2019.

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Limitation on experimentation on cats

Section 14 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2144) is amended— (1)in the first sentence, by striking Any department and inserting the following: (a)

In general

Any department; (2)in subsection (a) (as so designated), in the second sentence, by striking Any department and inserting the following: (b)

Exhibiting animals

Any department; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (c)

Department of Agriculture experimentation on cats

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall not purchase, breed, transport, house, feed, maintain, dispose of, or conduct an experiment on a cat as part of any study or research that would subject that cat to a procedure that may cause pain or stress, including pain or stress that may be mitigated by anesthetics, analgesics, or tranquilizer drugs, unless the pain or stress is a result of a physical exam or training program..