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Union Calendar No. 334 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 263 
[Report No. 117–428] 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted 
by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain 
wildlife species, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2021 
Mr. QUIGLEY
(for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
BUCHANAN, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. MCNERNEY, and 
Mr. WOMACK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
JULY 22, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CASTEN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. PINGREE, 
Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. WELCH, 
Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. BUCK, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Ms. MENG, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 
HIGGINS of New York, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. 
HOULAHAN, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mrs. 
LURIA, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. VEASEY, Mrs. 
CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. JONES, Mr. SMUCKER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 
RUIZ, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. BRENDAN F. 
BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. CROW, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Ms. CHU, Mr. EVANS, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. WILD, Mr. UPTON, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
SIRES, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. TONKO, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Miss 
RICE of New York, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. 
KUSTER, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. STANTON, Mr. 
MEEKS, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. LEVIN of Cali-
fornia, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, 
Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. DEFA-
ZIO, Mr. HIMES, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. LIEU, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mrs. FLETCH-
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ER, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. COOPER, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. TURNER, Mr. 
HARDER of California, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. 
BUSTOS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. 
GARCIA of Texas, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. DEAN, Ms. CLARK of Massa-
chusetts, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. CORREA, Ms. NEWMAN, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 
SCHNEIDER, Mr. ALLRED, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. 
RYAN, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, 
Ms. STEVENS, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. JOYCE 
of Ohio, Mr. GARBARINO, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. TITUS, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, 
Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. COHEN, 
Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Ms. MACE, Mr. 
CARTER of Georgia, Mr. KINZINGER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. BURCHETT, Ms. 
JACOBS of California, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. 
GOODEN of Texas, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. 
MOULTON, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. NADLER, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 
LAHOOD, Mr. RASKIN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. 
LARSEN of Washington, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. 
CRIST, Ms. BOURDEAUX, Mr. CASE, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. 
SWALWELL, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. KIND, Mr. LAMB, Mr. 
CHABOT, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. LAR-
SON of Connecticut, Mr. SOTO, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. TRONE, Ms. 
STEFANIK, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. BEYER, 
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mrs. MURPHY 
of Florida, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. KAHELE, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. RUSH, Ms. 
DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. CARSON, Ms. 
SLOTKIN, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. STEEL, Mr. HILL, Mr. 
NORMAN, Ms. BASS, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. BOST, Mr. REED, 
Mr. NEHLS, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
SARBANES, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. BERA, Mr. NEAL, Ms. PORTER, Ms. 
WEXTON, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mrs. KIM of 
California, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, 
Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. ROSS, 
Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. OMAR, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
MORELLE, Mr. BACON, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. MANNING, Ms. JOHNSON of 
Texas, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Mr. KEATING, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, 
Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. 
MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. MRVAN, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. SES-
SIONS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. CARTER of Lou-
isiana, and Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK 
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JULY 22, 2022 
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 January 11, 2021] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify 
provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, 
to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, 
and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Big Cat Public Safety 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Lacey Act Amend-
ments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (k) 
as subsections (b) through (l), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(a) BREED.—The term ‘breed’ means to facilitate 
propagation or reproduction (whether intentionally or neg-
ligently), or to fail to prevent propagation or reproduc-
tion.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) CONSOLIDATED FARM AND RURAL DEVELOP-
MENT
ACT.—Section 349(a)(3) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1997(a)(3)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 2(a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 2’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘3371(a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘3371’’. 
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(2) LACEY ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1981.—Section 
7(c) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 
3376(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 2(f)(2)(A)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 2(g)(2)(A)’’. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS. 
Section 3 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 
U.S.C. 3372) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
the semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
or’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by strik-
ing ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C); 
and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘(1) 
through (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) through (3) or 
subsection (e)’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e) CAPTIVE WILDLIFE OFFENSE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), it is unlawful for any person to— 
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‘‘(A) import, export, transport, sell, receive, 
acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign com-
merce, or in a manner substantially affecting 
interstate or foreign commerce; or 
‘‘(B) breed or possess; 
any prohibited wildlife species. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—Paragraph 
(1) does not apply to— 
‘‘(A) an entity exhibiting animals to the 
public under a Class C license from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, or a Federal facility reg-
istered with the Department of Agriculture that 
exhibits animals, if such entity or facility holds 
such license or registration in good standing and 
if the entity or facility— 
‘‘(i) does not allow any individual to 
come into direct physical contact with a 
prohibited wildlife species, unless that indi-
vidual is— 
‘‘(I) a trained professional em-
ployee or contractor of the entity or fa-
cility (or an accompanying employee 
receiving professional training); 
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