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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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) PROHIBITED WILDLIFE SPECIES.—The term 
‘prohibited wildlife species’ means any lion, tiger, leopard, 
cheetah, jaguar, or cougar species, or any hybrid of such 
a species.’’.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITED ACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 ‘‘, 
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:
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‘‘(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 the person—
‘‘(A) is licensed and inspected by the Ani-
mal and Plant Health Inspection Service with 
respect to that species; 
‘‘(B) is a State college, university, or agen-
cy, State-licensed wildlife rehabilitator, or 
State-licensed veterinarian;
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‘‘(C) is an accredited 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 1986 and described 
in sections 501(c)(3) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) 
of such Code; 
‘‘(ii) does not commercially trade in 
animals listed in section 2(g), including 
offspring, parts, and byproducts of such 
animals; 
‘‘(iii) does not propagate animals; and 
‘‘(iv) does not allow direct contact be-
tween the public and animals; or 
‘‘(D) has custody of the animal solely for 
the purpose of expeditiously 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 
Secretary, in cooperation with the Director of the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, shall 
promulgate regulations describing the persons de-
scribed in paragraph (2).
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‘‘(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)).
Passed the House of Representatives November 19, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.