[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2114 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2114

 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used 
  by research facilities are obtained legally, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 24, 1996

   Mr. Akaka introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used 
  by research facilities are obtained legally, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pet Safety and Protection Act of 
1996''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF PETS.

    (a) Research Facilities.--Section 7 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 
U.S.C. 2137) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 7. SOURCES OF DOGS AND CATS FOR RESEARCH FACILITIES.

    ``(a) Definition of Person.--In this section, the term `person' 
means any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, 
corporation, association, trust, estate, pound, shelter, or other legal 
entity.
    ``(b) Use of Dogs and Cats.--No research facility or Federal 
research facility may use a dog or cat for research or educational 
purposes if the dog or cat was obtained from a person other than a 
person described in subsection (c).
    ``(c) Permissible Sources.--A person from whom a research facility 
or a Federal research facility may obtain a dog or cat for research or 
educational purposes under subsection (b), and a person who may sell or 
donate a dog or cat to a research facility or a Federal research 
facility under subsection (d), shall be--
            ``(1) a dealer licensed under section 3 that has bred and 
        raised the dog or cat;
            ``(2) a publicly owned and operated pound or shelter that--
                    ``(A) is registered with the Department of 
                Agriculture;
                    ``(B) is in compliance with section 28(a)(1) and 
                with the requirements for dealers in subsections (b) 
                and (c) of section 28; and
                    ``(C) obtained the dog or cat from its legal owner, 
                other than a pound or shelter;
            ``(3) a person that is donating the dog or cat and that--
                    ``(A) bred and raised the dog or cat; or
                    ``(B) owned the dog or cat for not less than 1 year 
                immediately preceding the donation;
            ``(4) a research facility licensed by the Department of 
        Agriculture; or
            ``(5) a Federal research facility licensed by the 
        Department of Agriculture.
    ``(d) Prohition on Sale or Donation of Dogs and Cats.--No person, 
other than a person described in subsection (c), may sell or donate, or 
offer for sale or donation, a dog or cat to any research facility or 
Federal research facility.
    ``(e) Penalties.--A person that violates this section shall pay 
$1,000 for each violation.
    ``(f) No Required Sale or Donation.--Nothing in this section 
requires a pound or shelter to sell or donate, or offer to sell or 
donate, a dog or cat to a research facility or a Federal research 
facility.''.
    (b) Federal Research Facilities.--Section 8 of the Animal Welfare 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2138) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``No department'' and inserting ``Except as 
        provided in section 7, no department'';
            (2) by striking ``research or experimentation or''; and
            (3) by striking ``such purposes'' and inserting ``that 
        purpose''.
    (c) Certification.--Section 28(b)(1) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 
U.S.C. 2158(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``individual or entity'' and 
inserting ``research facility or Federal research facility''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall become effective 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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