[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4206 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4206

     To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit certain 
    activities involving prohibited primate species, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 30, 2024

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Murphy) 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 certain 
    activities involving prohibited primate 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. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES INVOLVING PROHIBITED PRIMATE 
              SPECIES.

    (a) Definition of Prohibited Primate Species.--Section 2 of the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (l) as 
        subsections (i) through (m), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
    ``(h) Prohibited Primate Species.--The term `prohibited primate 
species' means any live species of nonhuman primate, including species 
of chimpanzee, galago, gibbon, gorilla, lemur, loris, monkey, 
orangutan, tarsier, or any hybrid of such species.''.
    (b) Prohibited Acts.--Section 3(e) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 
1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372(e)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1) and all that follows through 
        the period at the end of the undesignated matter following 
        subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), it 
        is unlawful for any person--
                    ``(A) to import, export, transport, sell, receive, 
                acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, 
                or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or 
                foreign commerce, any prohibited wildlife species or 
                prohibited primate species; or
                    ``(B) to breed or possess any prohibited wildlife 
                species or prohibited primate species.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``or 
                prohibited primate species'' after ``prohibited 
                wildlife species'' each place it appears; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) and 
                inserting the following:
                    ``(D) an entity or individual that has custody of 
                any prohibited wildlife species or prohibited primate 
                species for the purpose of expeditiously transporting 
                the prohibited wildlife species or prohibited primate 
                species, as applicable, to an entity or individual 
                described in this paragraph with respect to the 
                species;
                    ``(E) an entity or individual that is in possession 
                of any prohibited wildlife species or prohibited 
                primate species that was born before the date of the 
                enactment of the Big Cat Public Safety Act, with 
                respect to a prohibited wildlife species, or the 
                Captive Primate Safety Act, with respect to a 
                prohibited primate species, if the entity or 
                individual--
                            ``(i) not later than 180 days after the 
                        date of enactment of the applicable Act, 
                        registers each individual animal of each 
                        prohibited wildlife species or prohibited 
                        primate species, as applicable, possessed by 
                        the entity or individual with the United States 
                        Fish and Wildlife Service;
                            ``(ii) does not breed, acquire, or sell any 
                        prohibited wildlife species or prohibited 
                        primate species, as applicable, after the date 
                        of enactment of the applicable Act; and
                            ``(iii) does not allow direct contact 
                        between the public and any prohibited wildlife 
                        species or prohibited primate species, as 
                        applicable; or
                    ``(F) a research facility that conducts research 
                that involves a prohibited primate species that is 
                registered with the Department of Agriculture, if the 
                research facility holds the registration in good 
                standing.''.
    (c) Regulations.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        promulgate regulations implementing the amendments made by 
        subsections (a) and (b).
            (2) Enforceability.--The enforceability of the amendments 
        made by subsections (a) and (b) shall not be affected by a 
        failure of the Secretary of the Interior to timely promulgate 
        regulations under paragraph (1).
    (d) Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Section 4 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 
        U.S.C. 3373) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in the second sentence, by striking 
                        ``subpenas'' and inserting ``subpoenas''; and
                            (ii) in the fourth sentence, by striking 
                        ``subpena issued pursuant to this paragraph'' 
                        and inserting ``subpoena issued pursuant to 
                        this subsection''; and
                    (B) in subsection (e), in the first sentence, by 
                striking ``Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 
                1976'' and inserting ``Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
                Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et 
                seq.)''.
            (2) Section 6(b) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 
        U.S.C. 3375(b)) is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding the proviso, by 
                striking ``Attorney General;'' and inserting ``Attorney 
                General:''; and
                    (B) in the first sentence of the proviso, by 
                striking ``subpena'' and inserting ``subpoena''.
            (3) Section 8(a) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 
        U.S.C. 3377(a)) is amended by striking ``Fishery Conservation 
        and Management Act of 1976'' and inserting ``Magnuson-Stevens 
        Fishery Conservation and Management Act''.
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