Federal spending bill includes historic effort to curb government animal tests

Published December 17, 2019 10:26pm ET



Appropriations legislation expected to be signed into law by President Trump by the end of the week includes historic language directing several federal agencies to curb their use of animal research.

The bipartisan spending deal announced by lawmakers on Monday consists of 2,300 pages of bill text outlining $1.37 trillion in federal funding for 2020. The House passed the bills Tuesday in two packages, which will likely be followed by Senate passage on Thursday and a signature from the president before federal funding runs out on Friday.

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