---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 3901"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "3901"
heading: "Congressional findings"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/3901"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Animal Cancer Research"
---

# §3901. Congressional findings


Congress finds that—

- (a) basic research on malignant tumors or cancers is essential to protect the health of domestic [animals](/usc/7/8901.md?p=7), poultry, and wildlife, including birds;
- (b) carcinogenic agents have not been adequately identified in domestic [animals](/usc/7/8901.md?p=7), poultry, and wildlife management;
- (c) basic research in diagnosis, prevention, and control of malignant tumors in [animals](/usc/7/8901.md?p=7) and birds has not been adequately coordinated;
- (d) significant theories of a common factor in malignant tumors, such as chorionic gonad­otropin, have not been pursued in depth;
- (e) research on diagnosis, prevention, and control of cancer in [animals](/usc/7/8901.md?p=7) and birds will be beneficial in identifying any common factors in human and [animal](/usc/7/8901.md?p=7) malignant tumors, if such exist; and
- (f) it is imperative for the Department of Agriculture and the National [Institutes](/usc/7/4531.md?p=6) of Health to coordinate and consult with regard to the research authorized under this chapter to achieve the maximum benefits from such research.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–469, § 2, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2235.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

Pub. L. 96–469, § 1, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2235, provided: “That this Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Animal Cancer Research Act’.”