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[CITE: 42USC289d]
TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Part H--General Provisions
Sec. 289d. Animals in research
(a) Establishment of guidelines
The Secretary, acting through the Director of NIH, shall establish
guidelines for the following:
(1) The proper care of animals to be used in biomedical and
behavioral research.
(2) The proper treatment of animals while being used in such
research. Guidelines under this paragraph shall require--
(A) the appropriate use of tranquilizers, analgesics,
anesthetics, paralytics, and euthanasia for animals in such
research; and
(B) appropriate pre-surgical and post-surgical veterinary
medical and nursing care for animals in such research.
Such guidelines shall not be construed to prescribe methods of
research.
(3) The organization and operation of animal care committees in
accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Animal care committees; establishment; membership; functions
(1) Guidelines of the Secretary under subsection (a)(3) of this
section shall require animal care committees at each entity which
conducts biomedical and behavioral research with funds provided under
this chapter (including the National Institutes of Health and the
national research institutes) to assure compliance with the guidelines
established under subsection (a) of this section.
(2) Each animal care committee shall be appointed by the chief
executive officer of the entity for which the committee is established,
shall be composed of not fewer than three members, and shall include at
least one individual who has no association with such entity and at
least one doctor of veterinary medicine.
(3) Each animal care committee of a research entity shall--
(A) review the care and treatment of animals in all an
study areas and facilities of the research entity at least semi-annually to evaluate compliance with applicable guidelines established under subsection (a) of this section for appropriate animal care and treatment;
(B) keep appropriate records of reviews conducted under
subparagraph (A); and
(C) for each review conducted under subparagraph (A), file with
the Director of NIH at least annually (i) a certification that the
review has been conducted, and (ii) reports of any violations of
guidelines established under subsection (a) of this section or
assurances required under paragraph (1) which were observed in such
review and which have continued after notice by the committee to the research entity involved of the violations.
Reports filed under subparagraph (C) shall include any minority views
filed by members of the committee.
(c) Assurances required in application or contract proposal; reasons for use of animals; notice and comment requirements for promulgation of regulations
The Director of NIH shall require each applicant for a grant,
contract, or cooperative agreement involving research on animals which
is administered by the National Institutes of Health or any national
research institute to include in its application or contract proposal,
submitted after the expiration of the twelve-month period beginning on
November 20, 1985--
(1) assurances satisfactory to the Director of NIH that--
(A) the applicant meets the requirements of the guidelines
established under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of
this section and has an animal care committee which meets the
requirements of subsection (b) of this section; and
(B) scientists, animal technicians, and other personnel
involved with animal care, treatment, and use by the applicant
have available to them instruction or training in the humane
practice of animal maintenance and experimentation, and the
concept, availability, and use of research or testing methods
that limit the use of animals or limit animal distress; and
(2) a statement of the reasons for the use of animals in the
research to be conducted with funds provided under such grant or
contract.
Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2) of section 553 of title 5, regulations under this subsection shall be promulgated in accordance with the notice and comment requirements of such section.
(d) Failure to meet guidelines; suspension or revocation of grant or
contract
If the Director of NIH determines that--
(1) the conditions of animal care, treatment, or use in an
entity which is receiving a grant, contract, or cooperative
agreement involving research on animals under this subchapter do not meet applicable guidelines established under subsection (a) of this section;
(2) the entity has been notified by the Director of NIH of such
determination and has been given a reasonable opportunity to take
corrective action; and
(3) no action has been taken by the entity to correct such
conditions; the Director of NIH shall suspend or revoke such grant or contract under such conditions as the Director determines appropriate.
(e) Disclosure of trade secrets or privileged or confidential
information
No guideline or regulation promulgated under subsection (a) or (c) of this section may require a research entity to disclose publicly trade secrets or commercial or financial information which is privileged or confidential.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 495, as added Pub. L. 99-158,
Sec. 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 875.)
Prohibition on Funding of Projects Involving Use of Chimpanzees Obtained
From the Wild
Pub. L. 102-394, title II, Sec. 213, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1812,
provided that: ``No funds appropriated under this Act or subsequent
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Acts shall be used by the National
Institutes of Health, or any other Federal agency, or recipient of
Federal funds on any project that entails the capture or procurement of
chimpanzees obtained from the wild. For purposes of this section, the
term `recipient of Federal funds' includes private citizens,
corporations, or other research institutions located outside of the
United States that are recipients of Federal funds.''
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior
appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 102-170, title II, Sec. 213, Nov. 26, 1991, 105 Stat. 1127.
Pub. L. 101-517, title II, Sec. 211, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2209.
Pub. L. 101-166, title II, Sec. 214, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1178.
Plan for Research Involving Animals
Section 4 of Pub. L. 99-158 directed Director of National Institutes of Health to establish, not later than Oct. 1, 1986, a plan for research into methods of biomedical research and experimentation which reduces the use of animals in research or which produce less pain and distress in animals to develop methods found to be valid and reliable, to train scientists in use of such methods, to disseminate information on such methods and to establish an Interagency Coordinating Committee to assist in development of the plan, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-43, title II, Sec. 205(b), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 148. See section 283e of this title.