October 20, 2000

Lawmakers Move to Block Plan to Expand U.S. Oversight of Research on Animals

By RON SOUTHWICK

Key members of Congress have moved to block a settlement between the Agriculture Department and animal-rights advocates that would expand federal oversight of research involving birds and rodents. Republican lawmakers approved a measure to stop the expansion of the Animal Welfare Act, which university officials fear would make biomedical research far more expensive.

Sen. Thad Cochran, a Mississippi Republican, added language to the department's appropriations bill for the 2001 fiscal

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