Federal Animal Research Accountability Act of 2025

This bill requires research groups that get NIH funding to file a yearly report on the total number of animals they breed, house, and use. The report must list each species and how they were used: with no pain; with pain but given pain‑relieving drugs; with pain and no such drugs when using them would hurt the study; and animals kept for research but not yet used. NIH must give each research entity’s animal care committee a standard form and post these reports online in a public, searchable database within three months after they are filed.

These changes begin two years after the law takes effect.

• Who is affected: Research entities that conduct NIH‑funded biomedical or behavioral studies.
• What changes: Annual species‑by‑species animal counts by pain/use category; NIH provides a standard reporting form; reports must be posted online within three months in a public, searchable database.
• When: Starts two years after enactment.