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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2158 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 443
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2158

                          [Report No. 113-596]

 To exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 the expedited removal 
    from the United States of certain snake species, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2013

 Mr. Fleming introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

                           September 15, 2014

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 23, 
                                 2013]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 To exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 the expedited removal 
    from the United States of certain snake 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 ``Expedited Departure of Certain Snake 
Species Act''.

SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE WITH LACEY ACT.

    (a) In General.--For purposes of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 
(16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.), a qualified stop of a covered snake shall not 
be treated as occurring in interstate commerce.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered snake.--The term ``covered snake'' means any--
                    (A) Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus);
                    (B) Indian python (Python molurus molurus);
                    (C) Northern African python (Python sebae);
                    (D) Southern African python (Python natalensis); 
                and
                    (E) Yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus).
            (2) Designated airport.--The term ``designated airport'' 
        means an airport located at a designated port as defined by the 
        United States Fish and Wildlife Service under section 14.12 of 
        title 50, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (3) Qualified secure container.--The term ``qualified 
        secure container'' means a container that--
                    (A) contains the covered snake in a closely woven, 
                double-seam sewn, cloth sack that is in a second cloth 
                sack of similar construction; and
                    (B) on which there is a prominent label that states 
                ``Dangerous Reptiles''.
            (4) Qualified stop.--The term ``qualified stop''--
                    (A) except as provided in subparagraph (C), means 
                any intermediate stop in a designated airport of a 
                covered snake in a qualified secure container in the 
                course of transport of such snake that--
                            (i) begins in a designated airport; and
                            (ii) ends at a place outside of the United 
                        States not later than 48 hours after such 
                        transport begins;
                    (B) may include transfer of the qualified secure 
                container in an airport between aircraft used for such 
                transport outside of the United States; and
                    (C) does not include any stop in Hawaii.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 443

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2158

                          [Report No. 113-596]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 the expedited removal 
    from the United States of certain snake species, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 15, 2014

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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