Big Cat Public Safety Act

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D QuigleySponsor

230 cosponsors · 208 D, 22 R

D Wasserman Schultz PW

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

House Introduced Feb 26, 2019
House Passed Dec 3, 2020 272–114

This bill revises requirements governing the trade of big cats (i.e., species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such species). Specifically, it revises restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats, including to restrict direct contact between the public and big cats.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House · Dec 3, 2020

Big Cat Public Safety Act

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

Votes to become law

House · Passed Dec 3, 2020 · 272 Yea – 114 Nay Passage (two-thirds required) Speaker: Nancy Pelosi

About this bill and sources

Official title: Big Cat Public Safety Act

Latest action (Dec 7, 2020): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Policy area: Animals · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 26, 2019

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House Introduced Feb 26, 2019
House Passed Dec 3, 2020 272–114

Final vote · House · Dec 3, 2020

Passage (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details

Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi

Yea272

D Wasserman Schultz FW

D Johnson KHD Hall LM

Nay114

R McMorris Rodgers BS

Table of every position

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Nay
Bradley Byrne	R	AL-1	Nay
Martha Roby	R	AL-2	Nay
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Nay
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Not Voting
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Nay
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Not Voting
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Yea
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Nay
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Yea
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Yea
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Nay
Tom O’Halleran	D	AZ-1	Yea
Ann Kirkpatrick	D	AZ-2	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-3	Yea
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-4	Not Voting
Andy Biggs	R	AZ-5	Nay
David Schweikert	R	AZ-6	Yea
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-7	Yea
Debbie Lesko	R	AZ-8	Nay
Greg Stanton	D	AZ-9	Yea
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Nay
Josh Harder	D	CA-10	Yea
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-11	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-13	Yea
Jackie Speier	D	CA-14	Yea
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-15	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-16	Yea
Ro Khanna	D	CA-17	Yea
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-18	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-19	Yea
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	Yea
Jimmy Panetta	D	CA-20	Yea
TJ Cox	D	CA-21	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-22	Nay
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-23	Not Voting
Salud Carbajal	D	CA-24	Yea
Mike Garcia	R	CA-25	Yea
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	Yea
Judy Chu	D	CA-27	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-28	Yea
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	Yea
John Garamendi	D	CA-3	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-30	Yea
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-31	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-32	Yea
Ted Lieu	D	CA-33	Yea
Jimmy Gomez	D	CA-34	Yea
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	Yea
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-36	Yea
Karen Bass	D	CA-37	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	Yea
Gilbert Cisneros	D	CA-39	Yea
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Nay
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-40	Yea
Mark Takano	D	CA-41	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-42	Not Voting
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	Yea
Nanette Barragán	D	CA-44	Yea
Katie Porter	D	CA-45	Yea
J. Correa	D	CA-46	Yea
Alan Lowenthal	D	CA-47	Yea
Harley Rouda	D	CA-48	Yea
Mike Levin	D	CA-49	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-5	Yea
Juan Vargas	D	CA-51	Yea
Scott Peters	D	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-6	Yea
Ami Bera	D	CA-7	Yea
Paul Cook	R	CA-8	Not Voting
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Joe Neguse	D	CO-2	Yea
Scott Tipton	R	CO-3	Yea
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	Yea
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Nay
Jason Crow	D	CO-6	Yea
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Not Voting
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Yea
Jahana Hayes	D	CT-5	Yea
Lisa Blunt Rochester	D	DE-AL	Yea
Matt Gaetz	R	FL-1	Not Voting
Val Demings	D	FL-10	Yea
Daniel Webster	R	FL-11	Nay
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Yea
Charlie Crist	D	FL-13	Yea
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	Yea
Ross Spano	R	FL-15	Nay
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Yea
W. Steube	R	FL-17	Nay
Brian Mast	R	FL-18	Nay
Francis Rooney	R	FL-19	Not Voting
Neal Dunn	R	FL-2	Not Voting
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-20	Yea
Lois Frankel	D	FL-21	Yea
Ted Deutch	D	FL-22	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-23	Yea
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	D	FL-26	Yea
Donna Shalala	D	FL-27	Yea
Ted Yoho	R	FL-3	Yea
John Rutherford	R	FL-4	Yea
Al Lawson	D	FL-5	Yea
Michael Waltz	R	FL-6	Yea
Stephanie Murphy	D	FL-7	Yea
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	Nay
Darren Soto	D	FL-9	Yea
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Not Voting
Jody Hice	R	GA-10	Nay
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Nay
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Not Voting
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
A. Ferguson	R	GA-3	Nay
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
Kwanza Hall	D	GA-5	Yea
Lucy McBath	D	GA-6	Yea
Rob Woodall	R	GA-7	Nay
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Not Voting
Doug Collins	R	GA-9	Nay
Ed Case	D	HI-1	Yea
Tulsi Gabbard	D	HI-2	Yea
Abby Finkenauer	D	IA-1	Yea
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Not Voting
Cynthia Axne	D	IA-3	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-4	Not Voting
Russ Fulcher	R	ID-1	Nay
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Nay
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Yea
Brad Schneider	D	IL-10	Yea
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	Yea
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Yea
Rodney Davis	R	IL-13	Yea
Lauren Underwood	D	IL-14	Yea
John Shimkus	R	IL-15	Nay
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-16	Yea
Cheri Bustos	D	IL-17	Yea
Darin LaHood	R	IL-18	Nay
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Yea
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Yea
Chuy García	D	IL-4	Yea
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Yea
Sean Casten	D	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Yea
Raja Krishnamoorthi	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Yea
Jackie Walorski	R	IN-2	Nay
Jim Banks	R	IN-3	Nay
James Baird	R	IN-4	Nay
Susan Brooks	R	IN-5	Not Voting
Greg Pence	R	IN-6	Nay
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Not Voting
Trey Hollingsworth	R	IN-9	Nay
Roger Marshall	R	KS-1	Nay
Steven Watkins	R	KS-2	Yea
Sharice Davids	D	KS-3	Yea
Ron Estes	R	KS-4	Nay
James Comer	R	KY-1	Nay
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Nay
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Not Voting
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	Nay
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Nay
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Nay
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Nay
Cedric Richmond	D	LA-2	Yea
Clay Higgins	R	LA-3	Not Voting
Mike Johnson	R	LA-4	Not Voting
Ralph Abraham	R	LA-5	Not Voting
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	Not Voting
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	Not Voting
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	Yea
Lori Trahan	D	MA-3	Yea
Joseph Kennedy	D	MA-4	Yea
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	Yea
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	Yea
Ayanna Pressley	D	MA-7	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	Yea
William Keating	D	MA-9	Yea
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Nay
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Yea
Anthony Brown	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
David Trone	D	MD-6	Yea
Kweisi Mfume	D	MD-7	Yea
Jamie Raskin	D	MD-8	Yea
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Yea
Jared Golden	D	ME-2	Yea
Jack Bergman	R	MI-1	Nay
Paul Mitchell	R	MI-10	Not Voting
Haley Stevens	D	MI-11	Yea
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-12	Yea
Rashida Tlaib	D	MI-13	Yea
Brenda Lawrence	D	MI-14	Yea
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Nay
Justin Amash	I	MI-3	Nay
John Moolenaar	R	MI-4	Yea
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Nay
Elissa Slotkin	D	MI-8	Yea
Andy Levin	D	MI-9	Yea
Jim Hagedorn	R	MN-1	Nay
Angie Craig	D	MN-2	Yea
Dean Phillips	D	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Ilhan Omar	D	MN-5	Yea
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Nay
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Not Voting
Pete Stauber	R	MN-8	Nay
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Not Voting
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	Nay
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Nay
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Nay
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Nay
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Nay
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Nay
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Michael Guest	R	MS-3	Yea
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Nay
Greg Gianforte	R	MT-AL	Not Voting
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Not Voting
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	Yea
Ted Budd	R	NC-13	Not Voting
George Holding	R	NC-2	Not Voting
Gregory Murphy	R	NC-3	Nay
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Not Voting
Mark Walker	R	NC-6	Nay
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Nay
Richard Hudson	R	NC-8	Nay
Dan Bishop	R	NC-9	Nay
Kelly Armstrong	R	ND-AL	Nay
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Yea
Don Bacon	R	NE-2	Not Voting
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Nay
Chris Pappas	D	NH-1	Yea
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	Yea
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Mikie Sherrill	D	NJ-11	Yea
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	Yea
Jefferson Van Drew	R	NJ-2	Yea
Andy Kim	D	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Josh Gottheimer	D	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Tom Malinowski	D	NJ-7	Yea
Albio Sires	D	NJ-8	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	Yea
Debra Haaland	D	NM-1	Yea
Xochitl Torres Small	D	NM-2	Yea
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Yea
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	Yea
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Nay
Susie Lee	D	NV-3	Yea
Steven Horsford	D	NV-4	Yea
Lee Zeldin	R	NY-1	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-10	Yea
Max Rose	D	NY-11	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-12	Yea
Adriano Espaillat	D	NY-13	Yea
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	D	NY-14	Yea
José Serrano	D	NY-15	Yea
Eliot Engel	D	NY-16	Yea
Nita Lowey	D	NY-17	Yea
Sean Maloney	D	NY-18	Yea
Antonio Delgado	D	NY-19	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-2	Yea
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	Yea
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Yea
Anthony Brindisi	D	NY-22	Yea
Tom Reed	R	NY-23	Yea
John Katko	R	NY-24	Yea
Joseph Morelle	D	NY-25	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	Yea
Chris Jacobs	R	NY-27	Yea
Thomas Suozzi	D	NY-3	Yea
Kathleen Rice	D	NY-4	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	Yea
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	Yea
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	Yea
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	Yea
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Yea
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Yea
Troy Balderson	R	OH-12	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-13	Yea
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Yea
Steve Stivers	R	OH-15	Nay
Anthony Gonzalez	R	OH-16	Yea
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	Nay
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	Yea
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Nay
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Nay
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Yea
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-7	Nay
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	Nay
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
Kevin Hern	R	OK-1	Nay
Markwayne Mullin	R	OK-2	Not Voting
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Yea
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Yea
Kendra Horn	D	OK-5	Yea
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Not Voting
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Yea
Brian Fitzpatrick	R	PA-1	Yea
Scott Perry	R	PA-10	Nay
Lloyd Smucker	R	PA-11	Yea
Fred Keller	R	PA-12	Nay
John Joyce	R	PA-13	Nay
Guy Reschenthaler	R	PA-14	Not Voting
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-15	Nay
Mike Kelly	R	PA-16	Nay
Conor Lamb	D	PA-17	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-18	Yea
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-2	Yea
Dwight Evans	D	PA-3	Yea
Madeleine Dean	D	PA-4	Yea
Mary Scanlon	D	PA-5	Yea
Chrissy Houlahan	D	PA-6	Yea
Susan Wild	D	PA-7	Yea
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-8	Yea
Daniel Meuser	R	PA-9	Nay
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Joe Cunningham	D	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Nay
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Nay
William Timmons	R	SC-4	Nay
Ralph Norman	R	SC-5	Nay
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Tom Rice	R	SC-7	Nay
Dusty Johnson	R	SD-AL	Nay
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Nay
Tim Burchett	R	TN-2	Yea
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Nay
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Nay
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
John Rose	R	TN-6	Nay
Mark Green	R	TN-7	Nay
David Kustoff	R	TN-8	Nay
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Yea
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Nay
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Yea
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Nay
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Not Voting
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Nay
Vicente Gonzalez	D	TX-15	Yea
Veronica Escobar	D	TX-16	Yea
Bill Flores	R	TX-17	Nay
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Jodey Arrington	R	TX-19	Nay
Dan Crenshaw	R	TX-2	Nay
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Yea
Chip Roy	R	TX-21	Nay
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Yea
Will Hurd	R	TX-23	Yea
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Not Voting
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Nay
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Nay
Michael Cloud	R	TX-27	Nay
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Sylvia Garcia	D	TX-29	Yea
Van Taylor	R	TX-3	Nay
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Not Voting
Colin Allred	D	TX-32	Yea
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	Yea
Filemon Vela	D	TX-34	Not Voting
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-35	Yea
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Nay
Lance Gooden	R	TX-5	Yea
Ron Wright	R	TX-6	Not Voting
Lizzie Fletcher	D	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Nay
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Nay
Chris Stewart	R	UT-2	Not Voting
John Curtis	R	UT-3	Yea
Ben McAdams	D	UT-4	Yea
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Nay
Jennifer Wexton	D	VA-10	Yea
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Not Voting
Elaine Luria	D	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
A. McEachin	D	VA-4	Yea
Denver Riggleman	R	VA-5	Not Voting
Ben Cline	R	VA-6	Nay
Abigail Spanberger	D	VA-7	Yea
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	Yea
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Nay
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Yea
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	Yea
Denny Heck	D	WA-10	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Yea
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Nay
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Nay
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	Yea
Pramila Jayapal	D	WA-7	Yea
Kim Schrier	D	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Bryan Steil	R	WI-1	Nay
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Not Voting
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	Nay
Thomas Tiffany	R	WI-7	Nay
Mike Gallagher	R	WI-8	Yea
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Nay
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	Nay
Carol Miller	R	WV-3	Nay
Liz Cheney	R	WY-AL	Nay