[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 173 (Monday, November 24, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15872-S15873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CAPTIVITY WILDLIFE SAFETY ACT

  Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 1006, which is at 
the desk.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 1006) to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 
     1981 to further the conservation of certain wildlife species.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. ENSIGN. I ask unanimous consent that the Inhofe amendment at the 
desk be adopted, the bill, as amended, be read the third time and 
passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, and 
that nay statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2215) was agreed to, as follows:

       On page 2, strike lines 11 through 14 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(g) Prohibited Wildlife Species.--The term `prohibited 
     wildlife species' means any live species of lion, tiger, 
     leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such 
     species.''.
       On page 3, line 1, strike ``live animal of a''.
       On page 3, strike lines 20 through 22 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(A) is licensed or registered, and inspected, by the 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service or any other 
     Federal agency with respect to that species;
       On page 4, line 12, insert ``listed in section 2(g)'' after 
     ``animals''.
       On page 4, line 14, insert ``listed in section 2(g)'' after 
     ``animals''.
       On page 5, line 3, strike the quotation marks and the 
     following period.
       On page 5, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
       ``(5) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a)(2)(C) 
     $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008.''.

  The bill (H.R. 1006), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

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