[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2193 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2193

     To amend the Animal Welfare Act to increase the penalties for 
 violations of such Act, to prohibit the use of animals for marketing 
                medical devices, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2007

 Mr. Israel (for himself and Mr. Kirk) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Animal Welfare Act to increase the penalties for 
 violations of such Act, to prohibit the use of animals for marketing 
                medical devices, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Animal Protection Accountability 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF ANIMALS FOR MARKETING OF MEDICAL DEVICES.

    The Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 17 the following new section:

   ``prohibition on use of live animals for marketing medical devices

    ``Sec. 18.  (a) In General.--No person may use a live animal to--
    ``(1) demonstrate a medical device or product to a sales 
representative for the purpose of marketing such medical device or 
product;
    ``(2) train a sales representative to use a medical device or 
product;
    ``(3) demonstrate a medical device or product in a workshop or 
training session for the purpose of marketing a medical device or 
product; or
    ``(4) create a multimedia recording (including a video recording) 
for the purpose of marketing a medical device or product.
    ``(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the training of 
medical personnel for a purpose other than marketing a medical device 
or product.
    ``(c) Device Defined.--In this section, the term `device' has the 
meaning given the term in section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(h)).''.

SEC. 3. FINES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT.

    Section 19(b) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2149(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence by striking ``not more than 
        $2,500 for each such violation'' and inserting ``not more than 
        $10,000 for each such violation''; and
            (2) by striking the second sentence and inserting the 
        following: ``Each violation, each day during which a violation 
        continues, and, in the case of a violation with respect to 
        animals, each animal that is the subject of such a violation 
        shall be a separate offense.''.

SEC. 4. REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES UNDER THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT.

    The Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) is further amended 
by striking section 25 and inserting the following new section:

                            ``annual report

    ``Sec. 25.  Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report containing--
            ``(1) an identification of all research facilities, 
        exhibitors, and other persons and establishments licensed by 
        the Secretary under section 3 and section 12;
            ``(2) an identification of all research facilities, 
        intermediate handlers, carriers, and exhibitors registered 
        under section 6;
            ``(3) the nature and place of all investigations and 
        inspections conducted by the Secretary under section 16, and 
        all reports received by the Secretary under section 13;
            ``(4) recommendations for legislation to improve the 
        administration of this Act or any provisions of this Act; and
            ``(5) recommendations and conclusions concerning the 
        aircraft environment as it relates to the carriage of live 
        animals in air transportation.''.
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