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Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act or the BEST 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.
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2016 · first_quarter · Animals
Bills: HR 1095; S 587; HR 4019; HR 4909
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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2016 · third_quarter · Animals
Supporting and assisting in the drafting and introduction the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA) in the House and Senate, with outreach for potential sponsors and cosponsors; all provisions related to and supporting ending the suffering of animals in US traveling performances, rides, or exhibits, and to address the inherent health and safety risks such events pose to workers and the public. Support the following bills to the extent they protect animals from harm, end animal suffering, and promote conservation of wild populations, supporting ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering and to promote conservation of wild populations: HR3546 (Big Cat and Public Safety Act); S2385 (END Wildlife Trafficking Act) & HR2494 (Global Anti Poaching Act, as amended in the Senate); HR746/S388 AWARE (re testing at federal agricultural research facilities); HR1258 (Pet and Women Safety Act); S587 (BEST Practices Act); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act); LIFT Act (Limiting Inhumane Federal Trapping for Public Safety Act); and HR752 (against the Yulin Meat Festival). Also prepared comments for submission to USFWS in opposition to Canada's proposed down listing of the Florida panther at CITES CoP17; and to USDA in response to call for comments and in support of Petition to ban public contact with big cats, bears, and nonhuman primates.
Client expense: $6,132 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2016 · second_quarter · Animals
Bills: HR 1095; S 587; HR 4019; HR 4909
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · first_quarter · Defense
BEST Practices Act (S. 587/H.R. 1095)
Client expense: $20,044 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE