[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1509 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1509

To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add non-human primates to 
             the definition of prohibited wildlife species.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2005

     Mr. Jeffords (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. 
  Lautenberg) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add non-human primates to 
             the definition of prohibited wildlife species.

    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 ``Captive Primate Safety Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION OF NON-HUMAN PRIMATES TO THE 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 ``or any non-human primate'' before 
the period at the end.
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