Stop Wasteful and Outdated Medical Training on Animals Act

“(3) Limitation on use of funds for live tissue training

“(A) In general—No Federal funds available to the Attorney General may be used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise support, live tissue training for Department of Justice personnel, unless the Attorney General issues a written, nondelegable determination that such training is medically necessary and cannot be replicated by simulators and other human-based training methods.

“(B) Definitions—In this paragraph—

“(i) the term “Federal funds” includes direct and indirect Federal financial assistance;

“(ii) the term “human-based training methods” means medical training methodologies that do not use animals, including human patient simulators, task trainers, and cadavers; and

“(iii) the term “live tissue training” means training procedures that inflict wounds and injuries on live animals to teach personnel to treat human casualties.”