{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-nancy-mace-secures-ban-cruel-animal-testing-ndaa", "Rep. Nancy Mace Secures Ban On Cruel Animal Testing In NDAA", "2025-10-29", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Nancy Mace", "M000194", "mace.house.gov", "mace", "https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C., October 29, 2025 \u2014 Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) announced the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 includes her provisions to prohibit the Department of War (DoW) from conducting painful and unnecessary testing on cats and dogs and other forms of animal testing.\n\nThe legislation delivers three critical reforms:\n\nTemporarily Prohibits Painful Animal Testing: Permanently bans the DoW from using taxpayer dollars to conduct painful research on cats and dogs.\n\nBlocks Funding for Adversarial Research Facilities: Prohibits DoW funds from supporting animal research facilities in FY26 located in, or owned or controlled by, countries of concern including China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.\n\nProhibits Gain-of-Function Research: Bars the DoW from funding any gain-of-function research in FY26 on potential pandemic pathogens.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s no excuse for painful experiments on pets, and absolutely no reason U.S. tax dollars should flow to research facilities run by our adversaries,\u201d said Congresswoman Mace. \u201cThese provisions are about protecting animals, protecting taxpayers, and protecting our values. This is a commonsense, bipartisan step toward ending unnecessary animal suffering.\u201d\n\nRep. Mace has consistently championed reforms to reduce animal testing across federal agencies, pushing for modern, humane alternatives to outdated practices. The inclusion of these provisions in the NDAA builds on her broader efforts to ensure the federal government pursues innovation without cruelty. This includes leading legislation such as the PAAW Act (Preventing Animal Abuse and Waste Act), Violet\u2019s Law, the TRANS MICE Act, and efforts to ban mink farming. She has also chaired high-profile hearings such as \u201cTransgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer-Funded Animal Cruelty\u201d to hold federal agencies accountable for cruel and wasteful research practices.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-nancy-mace-secures-ban-cruel-animal-testing-ndaa"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4832660090178251, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}