AFTER Act of 2021
Latest action · Apr 27, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2227)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 27, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2021 or the AFTER Act of 2021
This bill requires departments, agencies, or instrumentalities that operate federal research facilities or exhibit animals to promulgate regulations that facilitate and encourage the adoption of certain animals that are suitable for retirement.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 27, 2021 to Jun 14, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Apr 27, 2021 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Apr 27, 2021 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Apr 28, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Apr 28, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | May 17, 2021 | |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | May 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | May 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Jul 12, 2021 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jul 12, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Oct 6, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Oct 7, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Oct 25, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Dec 13, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Dec 17, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Jun 14, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Referred Apr 27, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Apr 27, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2227)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2227 | Susan M. Collins R-ME | Apr 27, 2021 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47179 | The Animal Welfare Act: Background and Selected Issues | Report | Feb 8, 2023 |
| R47057 | Preparing for the Next Farm Bill Archived | Report | Mar 31, 2022 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to allow for the retirement of certain animals used in Federal research, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2021
- AFTER Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 27, 2021Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
