[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 1498 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1498

   To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the import, 
  export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in 
  interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited 
               wildlife species, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2007

Mrs. Boxer (for herself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Lautenberg, and 
 Mr. Menendez) 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 prohibit the import, 
  export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in 
  interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited 
               wildlife species, 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 ``Captive Primate Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION OF NONHUMAN 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 nonhuman primate'' before 
the period at the end.

SEC. 3. CAPTIVE WILDLIFE AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Prohibited Acts.--Section 3 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 
(16 U.S.C. 3372) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
                        ``or'' after the semicolon;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; 
                        or'' and inserting a semicolon; and
                            (iii) by striking subparagraph (C); and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``or subsection 
                (e)'' before the period; and
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as 
                paragraphs (3) through (6) respectively;
                    (B) by striking ``(e)'' and all that follows 
                through ``does not apply'' in paragraph (1) and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(e) Captive Wildlife Offense.--
            ``(1) In general.--It is unlawful for any person to import, 
        export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in 
        interstate or foreign commerce any live animal of any 
        prohibited wildlife species.
            ``(2) Nonapplicability.--This subsection does not apply'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A))--
                            (i) by striking ``a prohibited'' and 
                        inserting ``any prohibited''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``paragraph (3), is 
                        described in paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
                        ``paragraph (4), is described in paragraph 
                        (3)'';
                    (D) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A))--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) in clauses (ii) and (iii), by 
                                striking ``animals listed in section 
                                2(g)'' each place it appears and 
                                inserting ``prohibited wildlife 
                                species''; and
                                    (II) in clause (iv), by striking 
                                ``animals'' and inserting ``prohibited 
                                wildlife species''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
                        ``animal'' each place it appears and inserting 
                        ``prohibited wildlife species'';
                    (E) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A)), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and 
                inserting ``paragraph (3)'';
                    (F) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A)), by striking ``subsection (a)(2)(C)'' 
                and inserting ``this section''; and
                    (G) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Application.--This subsection shall apply beginning 
        on the effective date of the regulations promulgated pursuant 
        to this subsection.''.
    (b) Criminal Penalties.--Section 4(d) of the Lacey Act Amendments 
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ``subsections 
        (b) and (d) of section 3'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``subsections (b), (d), and (e) of section 3''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``section 3(d)'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (d) or (e) of section 3''.

SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY PROVISION AMENDMENT.

    Section 3 of the Captive Wildlife Safety Act (117 Stat. 2871; 
Public Law 108-191) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking the subsection 
        designation and heading and all that follows through ``Section 
        3'' and inserting ``Section 3''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).
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