119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jan 7, 2025
HELP PETS Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Jan 7, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Education
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Jan 7, 2025)
Higher Education Loses Payments for Painful Experiments, Tests and Studies Act or the HELP PETS Act
This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) from receiving federal funds if the IHE conducts or funds painful research on dogs or cats. Painful research refers to any research, biomedical training, experimentation, or biological testing classified in specified pain categories by the Department of Agriculture.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Animal protection and human-animal relationships · Education programs funding · Higher education · Research and development · Research ethics
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WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC · lobbying firm or registrant: WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Animals
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R.233 - HELP PETS Act- prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving federal funds if it conducts or funds painful research on dogs or cats. H.R.1802 -…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC · lobbying firm or registrant: WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Animals
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R.233 - HELP PETS Act- prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving federal funds if it conducts or funds painful research on dogs or cats. H.R.1802 -…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC · lobbying firm or registrant: WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · amended · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Animals
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R.233 - HELP PETS Act- prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving federal funds if it conducts or funds painful research on dogs or cats. H.R.1802 -…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC · lobbying firm or registrant: WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Animals
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R.233 - HELP PETS Act- prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving federal funds if it conducts or funds painful research on dogs or cats. H.R.1802 -…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC · lobbying firm or registrant: WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 21, 2025 · issue area: Animals
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R.233 - HELP PETS Act- prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving federal funds if it conducts or funds painful research on dogs or cats. H.R.1802 -…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC · lobbying firm or registrant: WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Animals
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R.233 - HELP PETS Act- prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving federal funds if it conducts or funds painful research on dogs or cats. H.R.1802 -…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC · lobbying firm or registrant: WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 17, 2025 · issue area: Animals
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R.233 - HELP PETS Act- prohibits an institution of higher education from receiving federal funds if it conducts or funds painful research on dogs or cats. H.R.1802 -…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing