Captive Primate Safety Act

To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit 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) or any 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 inserting 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 (e) (e) Captive wildlife offense (1) In general 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. ; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking so much as precedes subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: (2) Limitation on Application Paragraph (1) does not apply to any person who— ; (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon at the end and does not allow direct contact between the 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 animal (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking State-licensed wildlife rehabilitator, (iv) in subparagraph (C)— (I) by striking an accredited a (II) in clauses (ii) and (iii), by striking animals listed in section 2(g) prohibited wildlife species (III) in clause (iv), by striking animals prohibited wildlife species (v) in subparagraph (D), by striking animal prohibited wildlife species (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 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), 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; regulations (1) Effective date Subsections (a) through (c), and the amendments made by those subsections, shall take effect on the earlier of— (A) the date of promulgation of regulations under paragraph (2); and (B) the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (2). (2) Regulations Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate regulations implementing the amendments made by this section. 4. Applicability provision amendment Section 3 of the Captive Wildlife Safety Act (117 Stat. 2871; Public Law 108–191 (1) in subsection (a), by striking (a) In general.— Section 3 (2) by striking subsection (b). 5. Regulations Section 7(a) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 ( 16 U.S.C. 3376(a) (3) The Secretary shall, in consultation with other relevant Federal and State agencies, promulgate any regulations necessary to implement section 3(e). .

Summary: Captive Primate Safety Act This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce any live animal of a non-human primate species. The bill also limits any licensed or registered person from allowing 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. The Lacey Act prohibition applies to state-licensed wildlife rehabilitators.