[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 191 (Thursday, December 13, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15568-S15569]
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                        CHIMPANZEE SANCTUARY ACT

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 536, S. 1916.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:


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       A bill (S. 1916) to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     modify the program for the sanctuary system for surplus 
     chimpanzees by terminating the authority for the removal of 
     chimpanzees from the system for research purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause 
and insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Chimp Haven is Home Act''.

     SEC. 2. SANCTUARY SYSTEM FOR SURPLUS CHIMPANZEES; TERMINATION 
                   OF AUTHORITY FOR REMOVAL FROM SYSTEM FOR 
                   RESEARCH PURPOSES.

       (a) In General.--The first section 481C of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287a-3a) (added by section 2 of 
     Public Law 106-551) is amended in subsection (d)--
       (1) in paragraph (2), in subparagraph (J), by striking ``If 
     any chimpanzee is removed'' and all that follows; and
       (2) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) by striking clause (ii); and
       (ii) by striking ``except as provided'' in the matter 
     preceding clause (i) and all that follows through 
     ``behavioral studies'' and inserting the following: ``except 
     that the chimpanzee may be used for noninvasive behavioral 
     studies'';
       (B) by striking subparagraph (B);
       (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); 
     and
       (D) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated), by striking 
     ``under subparagraphs (A) and (B)'' and inserting ``under 
     subparagraph (A)''.
       (b) Technical Correction.--Part E of title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is amended by 
     redesignating the second section 481C (added by section 
     204(a) of Public Law 106-505) as section 481D.

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee-reported amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be 
read the third time and passed; the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table; and that any statements relating thereto be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1916), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1916

       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 ``Chimp Haven is Home Act''.

     SEC. 2. SANCTUARY SYSTEM FOR SURPLUS CHIMPANZEES; TERMINATION 
                   OF AUTHORITY FOR REMOVAL FROM SYSTEM FOR 
                   RESEARCH PURPOSES.

       (a) In General.--The first section 481C of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287a-3a) (added by section 2 of 
     Public Law 106-551) is amended in subsection (d)--
       (1) in paragraph (2), in subparagraph (J), by striking ``If 
     any chimpanzee is removed'' and all that follows; and
       (2) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) by striking clause (ii); and
       (ii) by striking ``except as provided'' in the matter 
     preceding clause (i) and all that follows through 
     ``behavioral studies'' and inserting the following: ``except 
     that the chimpanzee may be used for noninvasive behavioral 
     studies'';
       (B) by striking subparagraph (B);
       (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); 
     and
       (D) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated), by striking 
     ``under subparagraphs (A) and (B)'' and inserting ``under 
     subparagraph (A)''.
       (b) Technical Correction.--Part E of title IV of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is amended by 
     redesignating the second section 481C (added by section 
     204(a) of Public Law 106-505) as section 481D.

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