II 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 263 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
AUGUST 1, 2022 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify 
provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, 
to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, 
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 ‘‘Big Cat Public Safety 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Lacey Act 
Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (k) 
as subsections (b) through (l), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(a) BREED.—The term ‘breed’ means to facilitate 
propagation or reproduction (whether intentionally or neg-
ligently), or to fail to prevent propagation or reproduc-
tion.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) CONSOLIDATED FARM AND RURAL DEVEL-
OPMENT
ACT.—Section 349(a)(3) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1997(a)(3)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 2(a)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 2’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘3371(a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘3371’’. 
(2) LACEY ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1981.—Section 
7(c) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 
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U.S.C. 3376(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
2(f)(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2(g)(2)(A)’’. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS. 
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 striking 
the semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
or’’; 
(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 striking ‘‘(1) 
through (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) through (3) or 
subsection (e)’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e) CAPTIVE WILDLIFE OFFENSE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), it is unlawful for any person to— 
‘‘(A) import, export, transport, sell, re-
ceive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or for-
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eign commerce, or in a manner substantially af-
fecting interstate or foreign commerce; or 
‘‘(B) breed or possess; 
any prohibited wildlife species. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—Paragraph 
(1) does not apply to— 
‘‘(A) an entity exhibiting animals to the 
public under a Class C license from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, or a Federal facility reg-
istered with the Department of Agriculture that 
exhibits animals, if such entity or facility holds 
such license or registration in good standing 
and if the entity or facility— 
‘‘(i) does not allow any individual to 
come into direct physical contact with a 
prohibited wildlife species, unless that indi-
vidual is— 
‘‘(I) a trained professional em-
ployee or contractor of the entity or 
facility (or an accompanying employee 
receiving professional training); 
‘‘(II) a licensed veterinarian (or a 
veterinary student accompanying such 
a veterinarian); or 
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