US Congress House Bill 1417 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 50-4)
Status: Introduced on April 7 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act or BEST Practices Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD), no later than: (1) October 1, 2014, to develop, test, and validate human-based training methods for training members of the Armed Forces in the treatment of combat injuries, with the goal of replacing live animal-based training methods; and (2) October 1, 2016, to use only use human-based training methods for such purposes. Prohibits the use of animals in such training after the latter date. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the congressional defense committees on the development and implementation of the human-based training methods.

Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act

Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Hansen Clarke [D-MI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Mark Critz [D-PA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2011-04-08	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E678)
2011-04-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

HB403 (Related) 2011-02-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
SB3418 (Related) 2012-07-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1417/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1417/BILLS-112hr1417ih.pdf