6 HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS USED IN RESEARCH 
(k) an accurate record shall be maintained of all experiments and pro- 
cedures performed and the records shall be in such form as to make possible 
the identification of animals subjected to specified experiments and tests, 
and a record shall be kept of the disposition of all animals; 
(l) all cages or enclosures containing animals shall at all times be identi- 
fied by cards stating the nature of the experiment or test in progress ; 
(m) an annual report and such additional reports or information as the 
Commissioner may require by regulation or individual request shall be 
submitted to the Commissioner. The annual report shall specify, for each 
project plan previously filed and approved, the number and species of 
animals used, the procedures employed, the sources from which all animals 
were acquired, and such matters as the Commissioner may prescribe, and 
shall include a copy of any published work prepared or sponsored by the 
reporting person or laboratory, involving the use of animals ; 
(n) all applications for certificates of compliance with this Act, project 
plans, and required reports to the Agency of Laboratory Animal Control or 
the Commissioner thereof, shall be certified by all persons holding letters 
of qualification under section 10 of this Act who participate in the relevant 
experiments or procedures and in the case of an organization, institution, 
school, or corporation, shall also be certified by the chief executive officer 
of the organization, institution, school, or corporation. All applications 
and reports shall be made in such form as to subject the makers of false 
statements to the penalties of perjury. 
Sec. 13. The Commissioner shall not approve any project plan for the use of 
animals if he determines that procedures contemplated by the plan would violate 
any provision of this Act or of the rules, regulations, procedures, and orders 
issued purusant to this Act, or any of the purposes and policies stated herein. 
Sec. 14. If the Commissioner shall at any time determine that any agency or 
instrumentality of the United States using animals in research, experiments, 
testing, or the production of materials is not complying with the requirements of 
this Act, he shall immediately notify the head of said agency or instrumentality. 
If the noncompliance is not corrected to the satisfaction of the Commissioner 
within thirty days after notice of violation is served, the Commissioner shall 
publish his notice of noncompliance in the Federal Register and no funds may 
thereafter be used by the noncomplying agency or instrumentality for experi- 
ments or tests involving the use of animals. 
Sec. 15. The Commissioner shall suspend or revoke any certificate of compli- 
ance with this Act or any license issued pursuant to this Act for failure to 
comply with any provision of this Act or the policy stated herein or for refusal 
to permit inspection or to produce records pursuant to the agreement required in 
section 8. Notice of suspension or revocation of any certificate or letter of 
qualification shall be sent by registered mail to the holder thereof. A copy of 
such notice of suspension or revocation also shall be published in the Federal 
Register and sent by the Commissioner to all agencies or instrumentalities of 
the United States authorized to make grants or to pay funds to laboratories, 
and to all persons or agencies making grants or payments to laboratories pursu- 
ant to contract or authorization of the United States. No grant or payment 
under a grant or contract shall be made to any laboratory whose certificate has 
been suspended or revoked. 
Sec. 16. If the Commissioner determines that false statements have been made 
in applications for certificates of compliance with this Act, applications for 
letters of qualification, or in required reports to the Agency of Laboratory Animal 
Control or the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall immediately notify the 
Department of Justice of his findings. 
Sec. 17. If any law-enforcement agency of any State, or any incorporated 
humane society, shall allege to the Commissioner that any laboratory or any 
holder of a letter of qualification to use animals in research has violated this 
Act, providing to the Commissioner allegations of specific acts, failures to act, 
or conditions that if found true would constitute a violation of this Act, the 
Commissioner shall within ninety days conduct a public hearing to determine 
the merits of the allegation and shall make a public and formal finding. In such 
hearings the Commissioner may subpena witnesses and material evidence and 
may require testimony under oath. 
Sec. 18. Lists of all certificates of compliance with this Act and letters of 
qualification granted to individuals, and the applications therefor, and all project 
plans and annual reports required by this Act, shall be made available by the 
