3.0.0 2121 2022-11-01T13:50:38Z 2022-11-01T13:50:38Z Senate S 2019-07-15 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-15T22:24:56Z Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act 116 2863 HR 2019-06-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. Related bill CRS 2019-07-15 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2019-07-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-07-15 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-07-15 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-07-18 False Animals Animal protection and human-animal relationships Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers Animals 00 2019-07-15 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-29T19:04:16Z Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act of 2019

This bill prohibits the use of exotic or wild animals in performances of a traveling animal act, such as a circus, carnival, or parade. The prohibition does not apply to zoos, aquariums, research facilities, wildlife sanctuaries, and other entities. The prohibition also does not apply to domestic animals or farm animals.

]]> Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act of 2019 Display Title Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to restrict the use of exotic and wild animals in traveling performances. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2121is/xml/BILLS-116s2121is.xml 2019-07-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.