[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 February 27, 2003] 
A BILL 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to further 
the conservation of certain wildlife species.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Captive Wildlife Safety 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF PROHIBITED WILDLIFE SPECIES. 
Section 2 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 
U.S.C. 3371) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (g) through (j) 
as subsections (h) through (k), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 
‘‘(g) PROHIBITED
WILDLIFE
SPECIES.—The term 
‘prohibited wildlife species’ means any lion, tiger, leopard, 
cheetah, jaguar, or cougar species, or any hybrid of a lion 
species and tiger species.’’.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITED ACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Lacey Act Amend-
ments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, 
or’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘or’’ after the semicolon at the end; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) any live animal of a prohibited wild-
life species (subject to subsection (e));’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; and 
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (1) through (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graphs (1) through (3)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) NONAPPLICABILITY
OF PROHIBITED WILDLIFE 
SPECIES OFFENSE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a)(2)(C) does 
not apply to importation, exportation, transpor-
tation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase of an 
animal of a prohibited wildlife species, by a person 
that, under regulations prescribed under paragraph 
(3), is described in paragraph (2) with respect to that 
species.
‘‘(2) PERSONS
DESCRIBED.—A person is de-
scribed in this paragraph, if—
‘‘(A) the person has expertise, knowledge, 
and experience with respect to the care of that 
species in captivity; and 
‘‘(B) the person—
‘‘(i) is licensed and inspected by the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serv-
ice with respect to that species; 
‘‘(ii) is a State college, university, or 
agency, State-licensed wildlife rehabilitator, 
or State-licensed veterinarian; 
‘‘(iii) is an accredited wildlife sanc-
tuary that cares for prohibited wildlife spe-
cies; or 
‘‘(iv) has custody of the animal solely 
for the purpose of transporting the animal 
to a person described in this paragraph 
with respect to the species. 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the heads of other rel-
evant Federal agencies, shall promulgate regulations 
describing the persons described in paragraph (2).
‘‘(4) STATE AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this sub-
section preempts or supersedes the authority of a 
State to regulate wildlife species within that State.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Section 3(a)(2)(C) of the Lacey Act 
Amendments of 1981 (as added by subsection (a)(1)(A)(iii)) 
shall apply beginning on the effective date of regulations 
promulgated under section 3(e)(3) of that Act (as added by 
subsection (a)(2)).
Union Calendar No. 154
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1006
[Report No. 108–269] 
A BILL 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to 
further the conservation of certain wildlife species. 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2003
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed