Activism & Animals Active Updated Sep 24, 2026
The COMPACT Act fight
Where it stands, Sep 24, 2026 Reps.
Reps. Nick Langworthy and Mark Pocan introduced the bipartisan COMPACT Act to cut off all HHS funding, including every NIH grant, contract and fellowship, for experiments on dogs and cats. The bill would also require labs to rehome animals already in federally funded testing and add independent GAO compliance audits, testing whether Congress will end taxpayer funding for a practice PETA says relies on breeding docile beagles for labs.
The story so far
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Sep 24, 2026 Latest
Reps. Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) introduced the Companion Animal Protection Against Cruel Testing Act, which would end all HHS funding for experiments on dogs and cats, require labs to rehome animals currently in federally funded testing, and add GAO compliance audits every three years. PETA said an estimated 42,000 dogs and 12,000 cats are used annually in US labs, mostly beagles bred because they are docile.
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