Captive Primate Safety Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 114th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

R FitzpatrickSponsor

75 cosponsors · 66 D, 9 R

5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce any live animal of a non-human primate species.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 25, 2015

Captive Primate Safety Act

The bill also limits any licensed or registered person from allowing 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.

The Lacey Act prohibition applies to state-licensed wildlife rehabilitators.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Captive Primate Safety Act

Latest action (Jul 14, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Policy area: Animals · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 25, 2015

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.