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The Great Ape Protection Act

Bill Number: H.R. 5852
Bill Status: Pending
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Reps. Edolphus Town (D-NY), David Reichert (R-WA), Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)
Legislature Status: In Session

To phase out the use of chimpanzees in invasive research in the United States, retire the approximately 600 federally owned chimpanzees to permanent sanctuary, and make the recent National Institutes of Health decision to end breeding on federally owned chimpanzees statutory.

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Animal Testing: The Beginning of the End?

Text, Status and Co-sponsors of H.R. 5852