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Union Calendar No. 344 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1380 
[Report No. 116–430] 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2019 
Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. DEFA-
ZIO, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. NORTON, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. BROWNLEY 
of California, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali-
fornia, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, 
Mr. RYAN, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. 
BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. 
LEE of California, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. MOORE, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali-
fornia, Mr. KEATING, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CRIST, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 
TURNER, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. BEYER, Mr. KILMER, Mr. ZELDIN, Mrs. 
DAVIS of California, Ms. MENG, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. 
WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ, Mr. WELCH, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 
SERRANO, and Mr. GOMEZ) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
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JUNE 8, 2020 
Additional sponsors: Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. KING 
of New York, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. YAR-
MUTH, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mrs. LOWEY, 
Mr. POCAN, Ms. TITUS, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. TIPTON, Ms. MUCARSEL- 
POWELL, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. TONKO, Mr. KIND, Ms. JUDY CHU 
of California, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 
York, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 
HAALAND, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. NEGUSE, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. 
PINGREE, 
Ms. 
DEAN, 
Mr. 
SMUCKER, 
Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER, 
Mr. 
SCHWEIKERT, Ms. SHALALA, Ms. WILD, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mrs. BEATTY, 
Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. TRONE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. KIM, Mr. HARDER of 
California, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. CROW, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
LIPINSKI, Mr. SIRES, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. LAHOOD, 
Mr. TAKANO, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. HILL of 
California, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. CA´RDENAS, 
Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. LAMB, Mr. BERA, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. HIMES, 
Mr. CORREA, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. BASS, Mr. CICILLINE, 
Mr. COSTA, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 
Mr. FOSTER, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. PAL-
LONE, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. NEAL, Mr. 
BUCHANAN, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. COOPER, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. 
PANETTA, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. SOTO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. 
LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
AGUILAR, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mrs. LEE of Ne-
vada, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. 
PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. LUJA´N, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. 
DELGADO, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. PAS-
CRELL, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. CRAIG, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. 
GREEN of Texas, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of 
Illinois, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. NADLER, Ms. 
TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. 
HOULAHAN, Ms. PORTER, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. 
LEWIS, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 
Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. GARCIA 
of Texas, Mr. RUSH, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. 
WOMACK, Mr. HORSFORD, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. MCEACHIN, 
Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. STANTON, Mr. 
CLAY, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. HECK, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. UPTON, Mr. PERL-
MUTTER, Mr. MCADAMS, Mr. BACON, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. DAVIDS of Kan-
sas, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 
FINKENAUER, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. LAWSON of 
Florida, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. 
CUELLAR, Mr. POSEY, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. 
GABBARD, and Mr. BUCK 
JUNE 8, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources; committed to the Com-
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mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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A BILL 
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. 
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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 ‘‘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 by striking ‘‘section 2(a)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 2(b)’’. 
(2) LACEY ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1981.— 
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(A) Section 3(e)(2)(C) of the Lacey Act 
Amendments 
of 
1981 
(16 
U.S.C. 
3372(e)(2)(C)) is amended— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘section 
2(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2(h)’’; and 
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘section 
2(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2(h)’’. 
(B) Section 7(c) of the Lacey Act Amend-
ments of 1981 (16 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 
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(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.—It is unlawful for any per-
son to import, export, transport, sell, receive, ac-
quire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, 
or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or 
foreign commerce, or to breed or possess, any pro-
hibited 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— 
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‘‘(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 
‘‘(III) directly supporting con-
servation programs of the entity or fa-
cility, the contact is not in the course 
of commercial activity (which may be 
evidenced by advertisement or pro-
motion of such activity or other rel-
evant evidence), and the contact is in-
cidental to humane husbandry con-
ducted pursuant to a species-specific, 
publicly available, peer-edited popu-
lation management and care plan that 
has been provided to the Secretary 
with justifications that the plan— 
‘‘(aa) 
reflects 
established 
conservation science principles; 
‘‘(bb) incorporates genetic 
and demographic analysis of a 
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multi-institution 
population 
of 
animals covered by the plan; and 
‘‘(cc) promotes animal wel-
fare by ensuring that the fre-
quency of breeding is appropriate 
for the species; 
‘‘(ii) ensures that during public exhi-
bition of a lion (Panthera leo), tiger 
(Panthera 
tigris), 
leopard 
(Panthera 
pardus), snow leopard (Uncia uncia), jag-
uar 
(Panthera 
onca), 
cougar 
(Puma 
concolor), or any hybrid thereof, the ani-
mal is at least 15 feet from members of 
the public unless there is a permanent bar-
rier sufficient to prevent public contact; 
‘‘(B) a State college, university, or agency, 
or a State-licensed veterinarian; 
‘‘(C) a wildlife sanctuary that cares for 
prohibited wildlife species, and— 
‘‘(i) is a corporation that is exempt 
from taxation under section 501(a) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and de-
scribed 
in 
sections 
501(c)(3) 
and 
170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of such Code; 
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‘‘(ii) does not commercially trade in 
any prohibited wildlife species, including 
offspring, parts, and byproducts of such 
animals; 
‘‘(iii) does not breed any prohibited 
wildlife species; 
‘‘(iv) does not allow direct contact be-
tween the public and any prohibited wild-
life species; and 
‘‘(v) does not allow the transportation 
and display of any prohibited wildlife spe-
cies off-site; 
‘‘(D) has custody of any prohibited wildlife 
species solely for the purpose of expeditiously 
transporting the prohibited wildlife species to a 
person described in this paragraph with respect 
to the species; or 
‘‘(E) an entity or individual that is in pos-
session of any prohibited wildlife species that 
was born before the date of the enactment of 
the Big Cat Public Safety Act, and— 
‘‘(i) not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of the such Act, the 
entity or individual registers each indi-
vidual animal of each prohibited wildlife 
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species possessed by the entity or indi-
vidual with the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service; 
‘‘(ii) does not breed, acquire, or sell 
any prohibited wildlife species after the 
date of the enactment of such Act; and 
‘‘(iii) does not allow direct contact be-
tween the public and prohibited wildlife 
species.’’. 
SEC. 4. PENALTIES. 
(a) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 4(a)(1) of the Lacey 
Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(e),’’ after ‘‘(d),’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, (e),’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’. 
(b) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Section 4(d) of the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘(e),’’ 
after ‘‘(d),’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘(e),’’ 
after ‘‘(d),’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(e),’’ after 
‘‘(d),’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(4) Any person who knowingly violates sub-
section (e) of section 3 shall be fined not more than 
$20,000, or imprisoned for not more than five years, 
or both. Each violation shall be a separate offense 
and the offense is deemed to have been committed 
in the district where the violation first occurred, and 
in any district in which the defendant may have 
taken or been in possession of the prohibited wildlife 
species.’’. 
SEC. 5. FORFEITURE OF PROHIBITED WILDLIFE SPECIES. 
Section 5(a)(1) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 
1981 (16 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘bred, possessed,’’ before ‘‘imported, exported,’’. 
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION. 
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 any regulations necessary to implement section 
3(e).’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 344 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1380 
[Report No. 116–430] 
A BILL 
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. 
JUNE 8, 2020 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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