business is determined by the Secretary to be de mini-
mis.’’. 
SEC. 3. HUMANE STANDARDS WITH RESPECT TO WATERING 
AND ADEQUATE VETERINARY CARE. 
Section 13(a) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 
2143(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) The standards with respect to minimum 
requirements for adequate veterinary care referred 
to in paragraph (2) shall include, at a minimum, the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Regularly scheduled visits, not less 
than once every 12 months, by the attending 
veterinarian to all dealer and exhibitor premises 
where animals are kept, to assess and ensure 
the adequacy of veterinary care and other as-
pects of animal care and use. 
‘‘(B) A complete physical examination of 
each animal maintained by a dealer or exhibitor 
by the attending veterinarian not less than once 
every 12 months, unless animal health or safety 
considerations require a different protocol. 
‘‘(C) Vaccinations for contagious or deadly 
diseases, and sampling and treatment of 
parasites and other pests, to which the species 
maintained by a dealer or exhibitor may be sus-
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ceptible, in accordance with a schedule ap-
proved by the attending veterinarian. 
‘‘(D) Preventative care and treatment as 
required by the species maintained by a dealer 
or exhibitor, in accordance with a schedule ap-
proved by the attending veterinarian.’’. 
SEC. 4. LICENSE SUSPENSIONS AND REVOCATIONS. 
Section 19 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 
2149) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘hereunder, he may sus-
pend’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘here-
under— 
‘‘(1) in the case of any such violation that is 
not described in paragraph (2), the Secretary may 
suspend’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) in the case of such a violation that the 
Secretary determines presents a risk to animal wel-
fare, the Secretary shall— 
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‘‘(A) suspend such person’s license tempo-
rarily, but for a period not to exceed 21 days; 
and 
‘‘(B) after notice and opportunity for an 
informal hearing, permanently revoke such li-
cense if the Secretary determines that— 
‘‘(i) the violation occurred; 
‘‘(ii) the violation presents or has pre-
sented a risk to animal welfare; and 
‘‘(iii) the violation has persisted past 
the initial period of license suspension 
under subparagraph (A) or the person has 
been found to have committed one or more 
other such violations (including by entering 
a nolo contendere or no contest plea with 
respect to any such violation) affecting ani-
mal welfare.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e)(1) Any person whose license has been suspended 
for any reason shall not be licensed, or registered, in his 
or her own name or in any other manner, within the period 
during which the order of suspension is in effect. No fam-
ily member, household member, partnership, firm, cor-
poration, or other legal entity in which any such person 
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has a substantial interest, financial or otherwise, will be 
licensed or registered during that period. 
‘‘(2) Any person whose license has been revoked shall 
not be licensed or registered, in his or her own name or 
in any other manner, at any time, and no family member, 
household member, partnership, firm, corporation, or 
other legal entity in which any such person has a substan-
tial interest, financial or otherwise, will be licensed or reg-
istered. 
‘‘(3) Any person whose license has been suspended 
or revoked shall not buy, sell, transport, exhibit, deliver 
for transportation, or be employed in any capacity with 
respect to any animal during the period of suspension or 
revocation, under any circumstances, whether on his or 
her behalf or on the behalf of another licensee or reg-
istrant.’’. 
SEC. 5. CITIZEN SUITS. 
Section 19 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 
2149), as amended by section 3, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any per-
son may commence a civil suit on his own behalf to enjoin 
any person, including the United States and any other 
governmental instrumentality or agency (to the extent per-
mitted by the eleventh amendment to the Constitution), 
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who is alleged to be in violation of any provision of this 
Act or regulation issued under the authority thereof. The 
district courts shall have jurisdiction, without regard to 
the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties, 
to enforce any such provision or regulation or to order the 
Secretary to perform such act or duty, as the case may 
be. 
‘‘(2) No action may be commenced under paragraph 
(1)— 
‘‘(A) prior to sixty days after written notice of 
the violation has been given to the Secretary, and to 
any alleged violator of any such provision or regula-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) if the United States has commenced and 
is diligently prosecuting a criminal action in a court 
of the United States to redress a violation of any 
such provision or regulation. 
‘‘(3)(A) Any suit under this subsection may be 
brought in the judicial district in which the violation oc-
curs. 
‘‘(B) In any such suit under this subsection in which 
the United States is not a party, the Attorney General, 
at the request of the Secretary, may intervene on behalf 
of the United States as a matter of right. 
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