or distress to dogs and cats (a) In general The Director of NIH may not conduct or support any research that causes significant pain or distress to a dog or cat. (b) Definition In this section, the term research that causes significant pain or distress includes any study classified in pain category D or E by the Department of Agriculture. . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) applies beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 4. Reporting (a) NIH report on research causing pain or distress to dogs and cats (1) In general Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director of the NIH shall publish on the NIH website, and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a report on the use of dogs and cats in NIH-conducted and funded biomedical research. (2) Contents of report Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, for the period covered by the report— (A) a list of all ongoing or prospective research projects that cause significant pain or distress to a dog or cat and are conducted or funded by the NIH