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 Spreadsheet

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; 17 are original cosponsors, there from 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
D-DEThomas R. CarperOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-MNTina SmithOriginalMar 8, 2023
D-NMBen Ray LujánMar 16, 2023
D-VTPeter WelchApr 17, 2023
D-NMMartin HeinrichJul 26, 2023

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateAgriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Referred Mar 8, 2023

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)

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S716Susan M. Collins R-MEMar 8, 2023

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

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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