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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] 


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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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expedited Departure 

5 of Certain Snake Species Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE WITH LACEY ACT. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the Lacey Act 

8 Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.), a qualified 

9 stop of a covered snake shall not be treated as occurring 

10 in interstate commerce. 

11 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) COVERED SNAKE.—The term ‘‘covered snake’’ 

13 means any— 

14 (A) Burmese python (Python molurus 

15 bivittatus); 

16 (B) Indian python (Python molurus 

17 molurus); 

18 (C) Northern African python (Python 

19 sebae); 

20 (D) Southern African python (Python 

21 natalensis); and 

22 (E) Yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus). 

23 (2) DESIGNATED AIRPORT.—The term ‘‘des24 ignated airport’’ means an airport located at a des25 ignated port as defined by the United States Fish and 


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1 Wildlife Service under section 14.12 of title 50, Code 

2 of Federal Regulations. 

3 (3) QUALIFIED SECURE CONTAINER.—The term 

4 ‘‘qualified secure container’’ means a container 

5 that— 

6 (A) contains the covered snake in a closely 

7 woven, double-seam sewn, cloth sack that is in a 

8 second cloth sack of similar construction; and 

9 (B) on which there is a prominent label 

10 that states ‘‘Dangerous Reptiles’’. 

11 (4) QUALIFIED STOP.—The term ‘‘qualified 

12 stop’’— 

13 (A) except as provided in subparagraph 

14 (C), means any intermediate stop in a des15 ignated airport of a covered snake in a qualified 

16 secure container in the course of transport of 

17 such snake that— 

18 (i) begins in a designated airport; and 

19 (ii) ends at a place outside of the 

20 United States not later than 48 hours after 

21 such transport begins; 

22 (B) may include transfer of the qualified se23 cure container in an airport between aircraft 

24 used for such transport outside of the United 

25 States; and 


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1 (C) does not include any stop in Hawaii. 


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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 

purposes. States of certain snake species, and for other 1981 the expedited removal from the United 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 

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


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