[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4288 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4288

   To allow manufacturers and sponsors of a drug to use alternative 
    testing methods to animal testing to investigate the safety and 
                 effectiveness of a biological product.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 19 (legislative day, May 17), 2022

   Mr. Lujan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To allow manufacturers and sponsors of a drug to use alternative 
    testing methods to animal testing to investigate the safety and 
                 effectiveness of a biological product.

    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 ``Reducing Animal Testing Act''.

SEC. 2. NEW APPROACH METHODOLOGIES.

    Item (bb) of section 351(k)(2)(A)(i)(I) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(k)(2)(A)(i)(I)) is amended to read as 
follows:
                                            ``(bb) an assessment of 
                                        toxicity (which may rely on, or 
                                        consist of, a study or studies 
                                        described in item (aa) or 
                                        (cc)); and''.
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