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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2856 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importation, 
exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, and purchase in 
interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially affecting 
interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any prohibited 
wildlife species. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2013 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. FARR, 
and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit 
importation, exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, ac-
quisition, and purchase in interstate or foreign com-
merce, or in a manner substantially affecting interstate 
or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any prohibited 
wildlife species. 
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 ‘‘Captive Primate Safety 
Act’’. 
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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 striking ‘‘(e)’’ and all that follows 
through paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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, 
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or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or 
foreign commerce, any live animal of any prohibited 
wildlife species.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking so much as precedes 
subparagraph (A) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—Paragraph 
(1) does not apply to any person who—’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
before the semicolon at the end ‘‘and does 
not allow direct contact between the public 
and prohibited wildlife species’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘State-licensed wildlife rehabilitator,’’; 
(iv) 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’’; 
(II) in clause (iv), by striking 
‘‘animals’’ and inserting ‘‘prohibited 
wildlife species’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon at the end; 
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(v) in subparagraph (D)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘animal’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘pro-
hibited wildlife species’’; and 
(II) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(vi) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) is transporting a nonhuman primate 
solely for the purpose of assisting an individual 
who is permanently disabled with a severe mo-
bility impairment, if— 
‘‘(i) the nonhuman primate is a single 
animal of the genus Cebus; 
‘‘(ii) the nonhuman primate was ob-
tained from, and trained at, a licensed 
nonprofit organization that before July 18, 
2008, was exempt from taxation under sec-
tion 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 
1986 
and 
described 
in 
sections 
501(c)(3) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of such 
Code on the basis that the mission of the 
organization is to improve the quality of 
life of severely mobility-impaired individ-
uals; 
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(B) the expiration of the period referred to 
in paragraph (2). 
(2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall promulgate regulations 
implementing the amendments made by this section. 
SEC. 4. 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 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. 
Section 7(a) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 
(16 U.S.C. 3376(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall, in consultation with 
other relevant Federal and State agencies, promul-
gate regulations to implement section 3(e).’’. 
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