Captive Primate Safety Act

To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the importation, exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, and purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Captive Primate Safety Act 2. Addition of nonhuman primates to definition of prohibited wildlife species Section 2(g) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 ( 16 U.S.C. 3371(g) (1) by striking means any live species (1) species ; and (2) by striking cougar or any hybrid of such species. (2) hybrid of a species described in paragraph (1); or (3) nonhuman primate. . 3. Captive wildlife amendments (a) Prohibited acts Section 3 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 ( 16 U.S.C. 3372 (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by adding or (ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ; or (iii) by striking subparagraph (C); and (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting or subsection (e) (2) in subsection (e)— (A) by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through the period at the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following: (e) Captive wildlife offense (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), it is unlawful for any person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species. ; (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking the paragraph designation and heading and all that follows through person— (2) Limitation on application Paragraph (1) does not apply to any person that— ; (ii) in subparagraph (A)— (I) by striking (A) is licensed (A)(i) is licensed (II) in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking species; (ii) does not allow direct contact between any member of the public and a live bear, tiger, lion, jaguar, cougar, African leopard, snow leopard, ape, gibbon, siamang, monkey, or loris, regardless of the age of the live animal; ; (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking , State-licensed wildlife rehabilitator, (iv) in subparagraph (C)— (I) by striking an accredited a (II) in clause (ii), by striking such animals a prohibited wildlife species (III) in clauses (ii) and (iii), by striking animals listed in section 2(g) any prohibited wildlife species (IV) in clause (iv), by striking animals a prohibited wildlife species (v) in subparagraph (D), by striking animal prohibited wildlife species (C) by striking paragraphs (3) and (5); and (D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). (b) Civil penalties Section 4(a)(1) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 ( 16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(1) (1) by inserting (e), subsections (b), (d), (2) by inserting , (e), subsection (d) (c) Criminal penalties Section 4(d) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 ( 16 U.S.C. 3373(d) (1) in paragraph (1), in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by inserting (e), subsections (b), (d), (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting (e), subsections (b), (d), (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting , (e), subsection (d) (d) Effective date Subsections (a) through (c), and the amendments made by those subsections, shall take effect on the earlier of— (1) the date of promulgation of regulations under paragraph (3) of section 7(a) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 ( 16 U.S.C. 3376(a) (2) the expiration of the period described in that paragraph. 4. Regulations Section 7(a) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 ( 16 U.S.C. 3376(a) (3) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Captive Primate Safety Act (A) in consultation with other relevant Federal and State agencies, promulgate regulations to implement section 3(e) (as amended by section 3(a) of that Act, notwithstanding section 3(d) of that Act); and (B) promulgate regulations to implement any other amendments made by section 3 of that Act (notwithstanding section 3(d) of that Act). .

Summary: Captive Primate Safety Act This bill revises requirements governing the trade of wildlife species, including to add nonhuman primate species to the list of wildlife species that may not be imported, exported, transported, sold, received, acquired, or purchased in interstate or foreign commerce.