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‘‘(III) directly supporting con-
servation programs of the entity or fa-
cility, the contact is not in the course 
of commercial activity (which may be 
evidenced by advertisement or pro-
motion of such activity or other rel-
evant evidence), and the contact is in-
cidental to humane husbandry con-
ducted pursuant to a species-specific, 
publicly available, peer-edited popu-
lation management and care plan that 
has been provided to the Secretary 
with justifications that the plan— 
‘‘(aa) 
reflects 
established 
conservation science principles; 
‘‘(bb) incorporates genetic 
and demographic analysis of a 
multi-institution 
population 
of 
animals covered by the plan; and 
‘‘(cc) promotes animal wel-
fare by ensuring that the fre-
quency of breeding is appropriate 
for the species; and 
‘‘(ii) ensures that during public exhi-
bition of a lion (Panthera leo), tiger 
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(Panthera 
tigris), 
leopard 
(Panthera 
pardus), snow leopard (Uncia uncia), jag-
uar 
(Panthera 
onca), 
cougar 
(Puma 
concolor), or any hybrid thereof, the ani-
mal is at least 15 feet from members of 
the public unless there is a permanent bar-
rier sufficient to prevent public contact; 
‘‘(B) a State college, university, or agency, 
or a State-licensed veterinarian; 
‘‘(C) a wildlife sanctuary that cares for 
prohibited wildlife species, and— 
‘‘(i) is a corporation that is exempt 
from taxation under section 501(a) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and de-
scribed 
in 
sections 
501(c)(3) 
and 
170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of such Code; 
‘‘(ii) does not commercially trade in 
any prohibited wildlife species, including 
offspring, parts, and byproducts of such 
animals; 
‘‘(iii) does not breed any prohibited 
wildlife species; 
‘‘(iv) does not allow direct contact be-
tween the public and any prohibited wild-
life species; and 
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‘‘(v) does not allow the transportation 
and display of any prohibited wildlife spe-
cies off-site; 
‘‘(D) has custody of any prohibited wildlife 
species solely for the purpose of expeditiously 
transporting the prohibited wildlife species to a 
person described in this paragraph with respect 
to the species; or 
‘‘(E) an entity or individual that is in pos-
session of any prohibited wildlife species that 
was born before the date of the enactment of 
the Big Cat Public Safety Act, and— 
‘‘(i) not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of the such Act, the 
entity or individual registers each indi-
vidual animal of each prohibited wildlife 
species possessed by the entity or indi-
vidual with the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service; 
‘‘(ii) does not breed, acquire, or sell 
any prohibited wildlife species after the 
date of the enactment of such Act; and 
‘‘(iii) does not allow direct contact be-
tween the public and prohibited wildlife 
species.’’. 
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SEC. 4. PENALTIES. 
(a) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 4(a)(1) of the Lacey 
Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(e),’’ after ‘‘(d),’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, (e),’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’. 
(b) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Section 4(d) of the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘(e),’’ 
after ‘‘(d),’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘(e),’’ 
after ‘‘(d),’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(e),’’ after 
‘‘(d),’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) Any person who knowingly violates section 
3(e) shall be fined not more than $20,000, or im-
prisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. Each 
violation shall be a separate offense and the offense 
is deemed to have been committed in the district 
where the violation first occurred, and in any district 
in which the defendant may have taken or been in 
possession of the prohibited wildlife species.’’. 
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SEC. 5. FORFEITURE OF PROHIBITED WILDLIFE SPECIES. 
Section 5(a)(1) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 
1981 (16 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘bred, possessed,’’ before ‘‘imported, exported,’’. 
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION. 
Section 7(a) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 
(16 U.S.C. 3376(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall, in consultation with 
other relevant Federal and State agencies, promul-
gate any regulations necessary to implement section 
3(e).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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