[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 138 (Monday, August 20, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5725]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3757. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Udall) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II of division B, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to support the maintenance of chimpanzees at any 
     Federal or non-Federal research facility registered pursuant 
     to section 6 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2136) 
     unless, not later than November 1, 2018, the Director of the 
     National Institutes of Health establishes, in accordance with 
     the purposes of section 404K of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 283m), a plan to retire to the sanctuary system 
     established under section 404K of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 283m) by December 31, 2021--
       (1) all chimpanzees categorized as Class I, II, or III on 
     the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status 
     classification system, as adapted by the Academy of 
     Veterinary Technicians in Anesthesia and Analgesia; and
       (2) all chimpanzees--
       (A) categorized as Class IV or V on the classification 
     system described in paragraph (1); and
       (B) determined to be eligible for transfer to that 
     sanctuary system by an independent team--
       (i) consisting of--

       (I) 2 veterinarians with experience in treating apes in a 
     sanctuary, a zoo, or the wild;
       (II) a behaviorist with experience working with apes in a 
     sanctuary, a zoo, or the wild;
       (III) an anesthesiologist; and
       (IV) a bioethicist; and

       (ii) none of whom is currently, or has recently been, 
     employed by a laboratory.
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