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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 594

To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used

by research facilities are obtained legally.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 5, 1997

Mr. CANADY of Florida (for himself, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. GOSS, Mr.

CALVERT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. SHAYS, Mr.

PALLONE, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. YATES, Mr. HERGER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. HYDE, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. LEACH, Mr.

MCINTOSH, Mr. MILLER of California, and Ms. FURSE) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs

and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.

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 ‘‘Pet Safety and Protec5 tion Act of 1997’’.

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

7 (a) SECTION 7.—Section 7 of the Animal Welfare Act

8 (7 U.S.C. 2137) is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 7. SOURCES OF DOGS AND CATS FOR RESEARCH FA2 CILITIES.

3 ‘‘(a) USE OF CERTAIN DOGS AND CATS.—No re4 search facility or Federal research facility may use a dog

5 or cat for research or educational purposes if the dog or

6 cat was obtained from a person other than a person de7 scribed in subsection (c).

8 ‘‘(b) SELLING, DONATING, OR OFFERING DOGS AND

9 CATS.—No person, other than a person described in sub10 section (c), may sell, donate, or offer a dog or cat to any

11 research facility or Federal research facility.

12 ‘‘(c) PERMISSIBLE SOURCES.—Persons from whom a

13 research facility or a Federal research facility may obtain

14 a dog or cat for research or educational purposes under

15 subsection (a) and persons who may sell, donate, or offer

16 a dog or cat to a research facility or a Federal research

17 facility under subsection (b) are—

18 ‘‘(1) a dealer licensed under section 3 who has

19 bred and raised such dog or cat;

20 ‘‘(2) a publicly owned and operated pound or

21 shelter that—

22 ‘‘(A) is registered with the Department of

23 Agriculture;

24 ‘‘(B) is in compliance with section 28(a)(1)

25 and with the requirements for dealers in section

26 28(b) and (c); and
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1 ‘‘(C) obtained such dog or cat from its

2 legal owner, other than a pound or shelter;

3 ‘‘(3) a person who is donating such dog or cat

4 and who—

5 ‘‘(A) bred and raised such dog or cat; or

6 ‘‘(B) owned such dog or cat for not less

7 than 1 year immediately preceding the dona8 tion;

9 ‘‘(4) a research facility licensed by the Depart10 ment of Agriculture; and

11 ‘‘(5) a Federal research facility licensed by the

12 Department of Agriculture.

13 ‘‘(d) PENALTIES.—(1) Any person found to have vio14 lated subsection (b) shall pay $1000 for each violation.

15 ‘‘(2) Any penalty under this subsection shall be in

16 addition to any other applicable penalty and shall be im17 posed whether or not the Secretary imposes any other pen18 alty.

19 ‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section the

20 term ‘‘person’’ includes any individual, partnership, firm,

21 joint stock company, corporation, association, trust, es22 tate, pound, shelter, or other legal entity.

23 ‘‘(f) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be

24 construed to require a pound or shelter to sell, donate,
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1 or offer dogs or cats to research facilities or Federal re2 search facilities.’’.

3 (b) SECTION 8.—Section 8 of the Animal Welfare Act

4 (7 U.S.C. 2138) is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘No department’’ and inserting

6 in lieu thereof ‘‘Except as provided in section 7, no

7 department’’;

8 (2) by striking ‘‘research or experimentation

9 or’’; and

10 (3) by striking ‘‘purposes’’ and inserting in lieu

11 thereof ‘‘purpose’’.

12 (c) SECTION 28.—Section 28(b)(1) of the Animal

13 Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2158(b)(1)) is amended by striking

14 ‘‘individual or entity’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘re15 search facility or Federal research facility’’.

16 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

17 Section 2 shall take effect three months after the date

18 of the enactment of this Act.

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