Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste Act of 2021” or the “PAAW Act of 2021”.
Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste Act of 2021
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from conducting or supporting research that causes significant pain or distress to a dog, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Prohibition on research causing significant pain or distress to dogs
In general— Subpart 6 of part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285f et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“447D. Prohibition on research causing significant pain or distress to dogs
“(a) In general—The Director of the Institute may not conduct or support any research that causes significant pain or distress to a dog.
“(b) Definition—In this section, the term research that causes significant pain or distress includes any study classified in pain category D or E by the Department of Agriculture.”
Applicability— The amendment made by subsection (a) applies beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
Sec. 3 Reporting
NIH study on research causing pain or distress to dogs—
In general— Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall—
submit a report to the Congress on all ongoing or prospective research that causes significant pain or distress to a dog conducted or supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease; and
include in such report the amount of funds obligated or estimated to be obligated for each such research.
Definition— In this section, the term research that causes significant pain or distress includes any study classified in pain category C, D, or E by the Department of Agriculture.
NIAID study on efforts To phase out use of dogs in testing— Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shall submit a report to the Congress on—
the efforts to phase out the use of dogs in studies that are conducted or supported by the Institute; and
any barriers to such phase out.