This bill, the Replace Animal Tests Act of 2025, requires certain federal agencies to use non-animal test methods instead of animal tests when a scientifically satisfactory non-animal method is available and accepted by the agency. It makes it unlawful to submit data from animal test methods to a covered agency in those cases. Covered agencies named in the bill are the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Food and Drug Administration. The bill lists exceptions (for example, data created before the law, some foreign testing, or agency-requested animal tests) and requires agencies to minimize animal use and suffering when animal testing is necessary. Agencies must issue guidance within one year, may revise regulations, publish annual progress reports with details about animals used and waivers issued, and may refuse to accept improper animal-test data. The bill allows civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation.
No publicly available information about overall federal or private costs is included in the bill text. The bill does specify that agencies must issue guidance and annual reports. It also authorizes civil penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation involving submission of prohibited animal-test data.
The bill states its purpose is to ensure non-animal methods for regulatory testing are used instead of animal tests whenever scientifically satisfactory non-animal methods are available and accepted by the relevant regulatory agencies.
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