US Congress House Bill 1243 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 132-19)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

BEST Practices Act Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD), by no later than: (1) October 1, 2020, to complete the development, testing, and validation of human-based training methods for training members of the Armed Forces in the treatment of combat trauma injuries, with the goal of replacing live animal-based training methods; and (2) October 1, 2022, to use only use human-based training methods for such purposes. No animals may be used in such training after the latter date. DOD shall submit an annual report to Congress regarding the development and implementation of the human-based training methods.

BEST Practices Act Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act

Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Sen. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]
Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
2017-02-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2017-02-28	House	Introduced in House

SB498 (Related) 2017-03-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1243/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1243/BILLS-115hr1243ih.pdf