[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 153 (Wednesday, October 30, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7684-S7685]
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                      CHIMP ACT AMENDMENTS OF 2013

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 228, S. 1561.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1561) to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
     improve provisions relating

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     to the sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees.

  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 Act Amendments of 
     2013''.

     SEC. 2. SANCTUARY SYSTEM FOR SURPLUS CHIMPANZEES.

       (a) In General.--Section 404K(g) of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 283m(g)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking ``and each subsequent fiscal year'' and 
     inserting ``through fiscal year 2023'';
       (B) by inserting after ``$30,000,000'' the following: ``, 
     unless the Secretary determines that reserving additional 
     funds would enable the National Institutes of Health to 
     operate more efficiently and economically by decreasing the 
     overall Federal cost of supporting and maintaining 
     chimpanzees from fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2023. 
     Such a determination shall be reported to Congress by the 
     Secretary and shall include a report, to be updated 
     biennially, regarding the care and maintenance of the 
     chimpanzees and costs related to such care and maintenance''; 
     and
       (C) by striking the last sentence; and
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``board of directors'' 
     and inserting ``Secretary, in consultation with the board of 
     directors''.
       (b) GAO Study.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct an independent evaluation, and submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress a report, regarding 
     chimpanzees owned or supported by the National Institutes of 
     Health. Such report shall review and assess--
       (1) the research status of National Institutes of Health-
     owned or supported chimpanzees;
       (2) the cost for the care and maintenance of such 
     chimpanzees, including the cost broken down by research or 
     retirement status, location and for transportation, as 
     appropriate;
       (3) the extent to which matching requirements have been met 
     pursuant to section 404K(e)(4) of the Public Health Service 
     Act; and
       (4) any options for cost-savings for the support and 
     maintenance of such chimpanzees that may be identified.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee-
reported substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be 
read a third time and passed; and the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or 
debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1561), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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