H.R. 10522 · The COMPACT Act

End federally funded animal abuse.

Your tax dollars pay for experiments on dogs and cats. The NIH paid $1.68 million for tests where beagle puppies were injected or force-fed an experimental drug for weeks, then killed and dissected.¹ At an NIH lab in Maryland, beagles had their throats cut to insert breathing tubes. All five died.² The COMPACT Act cuts off this HHS money. Ridglan Farms, a beagle breeder for labs, just shut down. This bill could help end the suffering at Marshall BioResources, the biggest breeder of dogs for labs in America.
Sources: 1. FactCheck.org, Nov. 2, 2021 · 2. WJLA 7News, June 5, 2025

The bill

What the COMPACT Act does

No more HHS money for experiments on live dogs or cats. That includes the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which pays for a lot of medical research.

Homes for the animals already in labs. Agencies must care for them and find them homes.

Both parties back it. Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) introduced it in September 2026. White Coat Waste Project, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and Humane World for Animals support it.

It needs your representative. The bill is in the House Energy and Commerce Committee now. Read it at congress.gov.

Rep. Langworthy and Rep. Pocan at the U.S. Capitol. Photo from Rep. Mark Pocan’s office.

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These beagles made it out. Help the ones still in labs.