SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Captive Primate Safety 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES TO DEFINI-
TION OF PROHIBITED WILDLIFE SPECIES. 
Section 2(g) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 
(16 U.S.C. 3371(g)) is amended by inserting before the 
period at the end ‘‘or any nonhuman primate’’. 
SEC. 3. CAPTIVE WILDLIFE AMENDMENTS. 
(a) PROHIBITED ACTS.—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 inserting 
‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by strik-
ing ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a semicolon; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C); 
and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or sub-
section (e)’’ before the period; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 
(4), and (5) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) 
respectively;
(B) by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Subsection (a)(2)(C) does not apply’’ 
in paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(e) CAPTIVE WILDLIFE OFFENSE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It is unlawful for any per-
son to import, export, transport, sell, receive, ac-
quire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce 
any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—This sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) does not apply to a person trans-
porting a nonhuman primate to or from a vet-
erinarian who is licensed to practice veterinary 
medicine within the United States, solely for 
the purpose of providing veterinary care to the 
nonhuman primate, if— 
‘‘(i) the person transporting the 
nonhuman primate carries written docu-
mentation issued by the veterinarian, in-
cluding the appointment date and location; 
‘‘(ii) the nonhuman primate is trans-
ported in a secure enclosure appropriate 
for that species of primate; 
‘‘(iii) the nonhuman primate has no 
contact with any other animals or members
of the public, other than the veterinarian 
and other authorized medical personnel 
providing veterinary care; and 
‘‘(iv) such transportation and provi-
sion of veterinary care is in accordance 
with all otherwise applicable State and 
local laws, regulations, permits, and health 
certificates; 
‘‘(B) does not apply to a person trans-
porting a nonhuman primate to a legally des-
ignated caregiver for the nonhuman primate as 
a result of the death of the preceding owner of 
the nonhuman primate, if— 
‘‘(i) the person transporting the 
nonhuman primate is carrying legal docu-
mentation to support the need for trans-
porting the nonhuman primate to the le-
gally designated caregiver; 
‘‘(ii) the nonhuman primate is trans-
ported in a secure enclosure appropriate 
for the species; 
‘‘(iii) the nonhuman primate has no 
contact with any other animals or members 
of the public while being transported to the 
legally designated caregiver; and
‘‘(iv) all applicable State and local re-
strictions on such transport, and all appli-
cable State and local requirements for per-
mits or health certificates, are complied 
with; and 
‘‘(C) does not apply’’; 
(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