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Union Calendar No. 443 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2158 
[Report No. 113–596] 
To exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 the expedited removal 
from the United States of certain snake species, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2013 
Mr. FLEMING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 23, 2013] 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expedited Departure 
of Certain Snake Species Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE WITH LACEY ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the Lacey Act 
Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.), a qualified 
stop of a covered snake shall not be treated as occurring 
in interstate commerce. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED SNAKE.—The term ‘‘covered snake’’ 
means any— 
(A) Burmese python (Python molurus 
bivittatus); 
(B) 
Indian 
python 
(Python 
molurus 
molurus); 
(C) Northern African python (Python 
sebae); 
(D) Southern African python (Python 
natalensis); and 
(E) Yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus). 
(2) DESIGNATED
AIRPORT.—The term ‘‘des-
ignated airport’’ means an airport located at a des-
ignated port as defined by the United States Fish and 
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Wildlife Service under section 14.12 of title 50, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
(3) QUALIFIED SECURE CONTAINER.—The term 
‘‘qualified secure container’’ means a container 
that— 
(A) contains the covered snake in a closely 
woven, double-seam sewn, cloth sack that is in a 
second cloth sack of similar construction; and 
(B) on which there is a prominent label 
that states ‘‘Dangerous Reptiles’’. 
(4) QUALIFIED
STOP.—The term ‘‘qualified 
stop’’— 
(A) except as provided in subparagraph 
(C), means any intermediate stop in a des-
ignated airport of a covered snake in a qualified 
secure container in the course of transport of 
such snake that— 
(i) begins in a designated airport; and 
(ii) ends at a place outside of the 
United States not later than 48 hours after 
such transport begins; 
(B) may include transfer of the qualified se-
cure container in an airport between aircraft 
used for such transport outside of the United 
States; and 
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(C) does not include any stop in Hawaii. 
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Union Calendar No. 443 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2158 
[Report No. 113–596] 
A BILL 
To exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments of 
1981 the expedited removal from the United 
States of certain snake species, and for other 
purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 
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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