S 707 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

AFTER Act of 2023

Introduced Mar 8, 2023 Originated Senate Sponsor Susan M. Collins R-ME

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 8, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S716)

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 8, 2023
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2023 or the AFTER Act of 2023

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 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2023 to Jul 26, 2023, with 17 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalMar 8, 2023
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalMar 8, 2023
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-NVJacky RosenOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-COJohn W. HickenlooperOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-NHMargaret Wood HassanOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-GARaphael G. WarnockOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalMar 8, 2023
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 8, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 8, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S716)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 8, 2023Introduced in Senate

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