IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4933 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 1 (legislative day, MARCH 13), 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 
AN ACT 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to protect 
captive wildlife and to make technical corrections, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Captive Wildlife Safety 
Technical Amendments Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. CAPTIVE WILDLIFE SAFETY AMENDMENTS. 
(a) PROHIBITED ACTS.—Section 3 of the Lacey Act 
Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 
(4), and (5) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) 
respectively; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Subsection (a)(2)(C)’’ in paragraph 
(1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(e) CAPTIVE WILDLIFE OFFENSES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It is unlawful for any per-
son— 
‘‘(A) to import, export, transport, sell, re-
ceive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or for-
eign commerce any live animal of any prohib-
ited wildlife species; or 
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‘‘(B) to attempt to commit any act de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) NONAPPLICABILITY.—This subsection’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A))— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a’’ before ‘‘prohibited’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(4)’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(3)’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A))— 
(i) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) in clauses (ii) and (iii), by 
striking ‘‘animals listed in section 
2(g)’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘prohibited wildlife species’’; 
and 
(II) in clause (iv), by striking 
‘‘animals’’ and inserting ‘‘prohibited 
wildlife species’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (D)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘the animal’’ the 
first place it appears and inserting 
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‘‘an animal of any prohibited wildlife 
species’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the animal’’ the 
second place it appears and inserting 
‘‘that animal’’; 
(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))— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(2)(C)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2004 
through 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 
2009 through 2013’’; 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— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsections 
(b) and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b), (d), and 
(e)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 3(d)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (d) or (e) of section 3’’. 
(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 striking ‘‘sub-
sections (b) and (d)’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (b), (d), and (e)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 3(d)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (d) or (e) of section 3’’. 
(d) CORRECTION OF PRIOR AMENDMENT.— 
(1) CORRECTION.—Section 102(c) of Public 
Law 100–653 (102 Stat. 3826) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 3(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 3(b)’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall 
take effect upon enactment of Public Law 100–653. 
SEC. 3. 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 
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(2) by striking subsection (b). 
Passed the House of Representatives March 31, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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