PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 116 STAT. 493 (iii) voluntarily comply with the accreditation requirements of the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care; (3) contain an estimate of the numbers of rats, mice, and birds used in research facilities, with an indication of which of the facilities— (A) are subject to regulations of the Department of Agriculture; (B) are subject to regulations or guidelines of the Department of Health and Human Services; or (C) voluntarily comply with the accreditation requirements of the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care; (4) contain an estimate of the additional costs likely to be incurred by breeders and research facilities resulting from the additional regulatory requirements needed in order to afford the same level of protection to rats, mice, and birds as is provided for species regulated by the Department of Agriculture, detailing the costs associated with individual regulatory requirements; (5) contain recommendations for minimizing such costs, including— (A) an estimate of the cost savings that would result from providing a different level of protection to rats, mice, and birds than is provided for species regulated by the Department of Agriculture; and (B) an estimate of the cost savings that would result if new regulatory requirements were substantially equivalent to, and harmonized with, guidelines of the National Institutes of Health; (6) contain an estimate of the additional funding that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service would require to be able to ensure that the level of compliance with respect to other regulated animals is not diminished by the increase in the number of facilities that would require inspections if a rule extending the regulatory definition of animal to rats, mice, and birds were to become effective; and (7) contain recommendations for— (A) minimizing the regulatory burden on facilities subject to— (i) regulations of the Department of Agriculture; (ii) regulations or guidelines of the Department of Health and Human Services; or (iii) accreditation requirements of the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care; and (B) preventing any duplication of regulatory requirements. SEC. 10305. ENFORCEMENT OF HUMANE METHODS OF SLAUGHTER 7 USC 1901 note. ACT OF 1958. (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture should— (1) continue tracking the number of violations of Public Law 85-765 (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.; commonly known as the "Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958") and report the results and relevant trends annually to Congress; and
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