The Animal Welfare Act Background and Selected Legislation

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal experimentation.

Farms.

Laboratories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2011

Summary:

Discusses key provisions, oversight, enforcement, and legislative history of the Animal Welfare Act of 1966, enacted to prevent pets from being stolen and sold to research laboratories, and to improve the treatment and well-being of animals intended for research. Reviews P.L. 110-246, the 2008 farm bill, and H.R. 3907/S. 1834, the Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2009, to restrict where research facilities can obtain dogs and cats. Addresses other selected bills in the 110th and 111th Congresses

Notes:

CRS Report

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Jan. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Animal Welfare Act

Publisher Number:

CRS-2011-RSI-0068

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license