Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Captive Primate Safety Act”.
Captive Primate Safety Act
A BILL
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importation, exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, and purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species.
Sec. 2 Addition of nonhuman primates to definition of prohibited wildlife species
Section 2(g) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371(g)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end “or any nonhuman primate”.
Sec. 3 Captive wildlife amendments
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (A), by inserting “or” after the semicolon;
in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon; and
by striking subparagraph (C); and
in paragraph (4), by inserting “or subsection (e)” before the period; and
in subsection (e)—
by striking “(e)” and all that follows through paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
“(e) Captive wildlife offense
“(1) In general—It is unlawful for any person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species.”
in paragraph (2)—
by striking so much as precedes subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
“(2) Limitation on Application—Paragraph (1) does not apply to any person who—”
in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon at the end “and does not allow direct contact between any member of the public and a live bear, tiger, lion, jaguar, cougar, African leopard, snow leopard, ape, gibbon, siamang, monkey, or loris, regardless of the age of the animal”;
in subparagraph (B), by striking “State-licensed wildlife rehabilitator,”;
in subparagraph (C)—
by striking “an accredited” and inserting “a”;
in clauses (ii) and (iii), by striking “animals listed in section 2(g)” each place it appears and inserting “prohibited wildlife species”; and
in clause (iv), by striking “animals” and inserting “prohibited wildlife species”; and
in subparagraph (D), by striking “animal” each place it appears and inserting “prohibited wildlife species”.
Civil penalties— Section 4(a)(1) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(1)) is amended—
by inserting “(e),” after “subsections (b), (d),”; and
by inserting “, (e),” after “subsection (d)”.
Criminal penalties— Section 4(d) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(d)) is amended—
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), by inserting “(e),” after “subsections (b), (d),” each place it appears;
in paragraph (2), by inserting “(e),” after “subsections (b), (d),”; and
in paragraph (3), by inserting “, (e),” after “subsection (d)” .
Effective date; regulations—
Effective date— Subsections (a) through (c), and the amendments made by those subsections, shall take effect on the earlier of—
the date of promulgation of regulations under paragraph (2); and
the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (2).
Regulations— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate regulations implementing the amendments made by this section.
Sec. 4 Applicability provision amendment
Sec. 5 Regulations
Section 7(a) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3376(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(3) The Secretary shall, in consultation with other relevant Federal and State agencies, promulgate any regulations necessary to implement section 3(e).”