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Sec. 5. For purposes of this Act the Secretary shall license individuals to engage 
in experiments or tests upon their submitting an application in such form as the 
Secretary shall prescribe, if the Secretary is satisfied that such individuals are 
qualified for such purposes. 
Sec. 6. If the Secretary shall at any time determine that any agency or in- 
strumentality of the United States has not complied with the requirements of this 
Act, he shall forthwith notify the head of said agency or instrumentality, and 
if such noncompliance is not corrected to his satisfaction within thirty days after 
notice is served, he shall give public notice of such noncompliance. 
Sec. 7. The Secretary is authorized and directed to adopt and issue rules, regu- 
lations, procedures, and orders to carry out the provisions and purposes of this 
Act. 
Sec. 8. The Secretary shall, subject to such terms and conditions as he may 
specify, suspend or revoke any certificate of compliance issued pursuant to sec- 
tion 3 of this Act, or any license issued pursuant to section 5 thereof, for failure 
to comply with any provision of this Act or the policy of the Congress stated 
herein, upon notice by registered mail to the holder thereof. Such notice shall 
set a time within which the holder may apply for reinstatement pursuant to such 
procedures as the Secreaary may prescribe. A copy of any notice of suspension 
or revocation of a certificate of compliance shall be sent to all agencies which are 
considering or have made a grant to the holder of the certificate, and no grant or 
payment under a grant shall be made to any person whose certificate is suspended 
or revoked to the extent that the Secretary’s orcjer shall provide for the purpose 
of obtaining compliance with this Act. 
Sec. 9. The Secretary shall refuse to accept any project-plan for filing under the 
provisions of subsection (g) of section 4 of this Act, or may strike any project- 
plan from filing if he determines that it does not conform with any provision of 
this Act or of the rules, regulations, procedures, and orders issued pursuant to 
this Act, or any of the purposes stated herein. The Secretary shall notify the 
person filing the project-plan of his refusal to accept it for filing or of his action 
in striking the plan from filing, and his action shall be effective upon notification : 
Provided, That the Secretary shall provide a reasonable opportunity for the 
person filing such project-plan to submit its justification thereof pursuant to such 
procedures as the Secretary may prescribe. 
Sec. 10. The term “person” as used in this Act includes individuals, institu- 
tions, organizations, corporations, and partnerships. 
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A BILL To provide for humane treatment of animals used in experiment and research by 
recipients of grants from the United States, and by agencies and instrumentalities of the 
United States, and for other purposes 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That it is declared to be the policy 
of the United States that animals used in experiments, tests, the teaching of 
scientific methods and techniques, and the production of medical and pharmaceu- 
tical materials, shall be spared avoidable pain, stress, discomfort and fear, 
that they shall be used only when no other feasible and satisfactory method 
can be used to obtain necessary scientific information for the cure of disease, 
allevation of suffering, prolongation of life, or for military requirements, that 
the number of animals used for these purposes shall be reduced as far as possible, 
and that all animals so used shall be comfortably housed, well fed, and humanely 
treated. 
Seo. 2. As used in this Act, the following terms shall have the meanings here 
set forth : 
(a) “Animal” shall mean any living creature of any vertebrate species and of 
any other species capable of developing a conditioned response ; 
(b) “Stress” shall mean the effect of any condition of housing, diet, climate, 
confinement, care or use, unsuitable to the species or to the particular animal, 
or differing from its ordinary and normal mode of life, to a degree which produces 
physical deterioration in any respect or markedly a typical conduct or reaction, 
or which, if prolonged, would have a tendency to produce either of the above 
aberrations from normal condition or reaction ; 
(c) “Pain” shall mean any sensation which, if felt by a human being, a 
competent and conscientious physician would ordinarily take steps to relieve, 
by anesthesia, sedation, nursing care, or otherwise ; 
