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# Bill Could End Animal Testing Mandates
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/bill-could-end-animal-testing-mandates/
- Published: 2021-10-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T17:18:14.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5150321

Sens. **Rand Paul** (R-KY) and **Cory Booker** (D-NJ) have introduced the FDA Modernization Act to end animal testing mandates. Kentucky’s ABC36 TV news [says](https://www.wtvq.com/2021/10/07/paul-booker-introduce-fda-modernization-act-to-end-testing-mandates/?ref=fdaweb.com) the bill “would end an outdated FDA mandate that experimental drugs must be tested on animals before they are used on humans in clinical trials.”

The measure would not ban animal testing outright, but would allow the option for drug sponsors to use alternative methods when they are suitable.

“The FDA Modernization Act would accelerate innovation and get effective drugs to market more quickly by cutting red tape that is not supported by current science,” Paul said. “It would also prevent the needless suffering and death of animal test subjects, which is something I think both Republicans and Democrats can agree needs to end.”

“Thanks to modern scientific innovation,” Booker said, “the use of animal toxicity testing for experimental drugs has become increasingly obsolete. This legislation will eliminate unnecessary suffering for countless animals when scientifically reliable alternative testing methods are available.”