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(E) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A)), by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(3)’’; 
(F) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A)), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; and 
(G) by inserting after paragraph (6) (as 
redesignated by subparagraph (A)) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) 
APPLICATION.—This 
subsection 
shall 
apply beginning on the effective date of regulations 
promulgated under this subsection.’’. 
(b) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 4(a) of the Lacey 
Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(e),’’ after 
‘‘subsections (b), (d),’’ ; and 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, (e),’’ after 
‘‘subsection (d)’’. 
(c) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Section 4(d) of the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B) and in the 
first sentence of paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(e),’’ 
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after ‘‘subsections (b), (d),’’ each place it appears; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, (e),’’ after 
‘‘subsection (d)’’. 
SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY PROVISION AMENDMENT. 
Section 3 of the Captive Wildlife Safety Act (117 
Stat. 2871; Public Law 108–191) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—Section 3’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 3’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. 
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 new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall, in consultation with 
other relevant Federal and State agencies, issue reg-
ulations to implement section 3(e).’’. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ADDI-
TIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. 
In addition to such other amounts as are authorized 
to carry out the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 
U.S.C. 3371 et seq.), there is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of the Interior $5,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2009 to hire additional law enforcement personnel 
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of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to enforce 
that Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 17, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 928 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2964 
AN ACT 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to 
treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife 
species under that Act, to make corrections in 
the provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses 
under that Act, and for other purposes. 
AUGUST 1, 2008 
Read twice and placed on the calendar 
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