‘‘(II) a licensed veterinarian (or a 
veterinary student accompanying such 
a veterinarian); or 
‘‘(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 con-
servation 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-
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quency of breeding is appropriate 
for the species; and 
‘‘(ii) ensures that during public exhi-
bition of a lion (Panthera leo), tiger 
(Panthera 
tigris), 
leopard 
(Panthera 
pardus), snow leopard (Uncia uncia), jag-
uar 
(Panthera 
onca), 
cougar 
(Puma 
concolor), or any hybrid thereof, the animal 
is at least 15 feet from members of the pub-
lic unless there is a permanent barrier suffi-
cient to prevent public contact; 
‘‘(B) a State college, university, or agency, 
or a State-licensed veterinarian; 
‘‘(C) a wildlife sanctuary that cares for pro-
hibited 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; 
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‘‘(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 
‘‘(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 individual 
with the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; 
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‘‘(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.’’. 
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 amend-
ed— 
(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 impris-
oned for not more than 5 years, or both. Each viola-
tion shall be a separate offense and the offense is 
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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 pos-
session of the prohibited wildlife species.’’. 
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, pos-
sessed,’’ 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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall, in consultation with 
other relevant Federal and State agencies, promulgate 
any regulations necessary to implement section 3(e).’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 334 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 263 
[Report No. 117–428] 
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. 
JULY 22, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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