I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2920 
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 
JUNE 25, 2015 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BUCHANAN, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, and Mr. KING of New York) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural 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 any 
member of the public and a live bear, tiger, 
lion, jaguar, cougar, African leopard, snow 
leopard, ape, gibbon, siamang, monkey, or 
loris, regardless of the age of the animal’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘State-licensed wildlife rehabilitator,’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘an accredited’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a’’; 
(II) in clauses (ii) and (iii), by 
striking ‘‘animals listed in section 
2(g)’’ each place it appears and in-
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serting ‘‘prohibited wildlife species’’; 
and 
(III) in clause (iv), by striking 
‘‘animals’’ and inserting ‘‘prohibited 
wildlife species’’; and 
(v) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘animal’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘prohibited wildlife species’’. 
(b) 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 ‘‘subsections (b), 
(d),’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, (e),’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’. 
(c) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Section 4(d) of the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3373(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 
(1), by inserting ‘‘(e),’’ after ‘‘subsections (b), (d),’’ 
each place it appears; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(e),’’ after 
‘‘subsections (b), (d),’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, (e),’’ after 
‘‘subsection (d)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE; REGULATIONS.— 
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(1) 
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Subsections 
(a) 
through (c), and the amendments made by those 
subsections, shall take effect on the earlier of— 
(A) the date of promulgation of regulations 
under paragraph (2); and 
(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-
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gate any regulations necessary to implement section 
3(e).’’. 
Æ 
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