US Congress Senate Bill 587 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

BEST Practices Act Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act Requires the Department of Defense (DOD), no later than: (1) October 1, 2018, to develop, test, and validate 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, 2020, to use only use human-based training methods for such purposes. Prohibits the use of animals in such training after the latter date, but permits DOD to exempt a particular command or training method from human-based training method requirements for up to one year if the human-based methods will not provide an educationally equivalent or superior substitute for live animal-based training methods. Allows exemption periods to be renewed. Requires DOD to submit an annual report to Congress regarding the development and implementation of the human-based training methods, including the justifications for any exemptions.

BEST Practices Act Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act

Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-26	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

HB1095 (Related) 2015-08-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/587/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s587/BILLS-114s587is.pdf