Captive Wildlife Safety Act

Bill: 108-s-269
Sponsor: Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT]
Introduced: 2003-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal breeding
Associations, institutions, etc.
Cats
Colleges
Education
Environmental Protection
Exhibitions
Export controls
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Import restrictions
Laboratory animals
Lions
Protection of animals
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Tigers
Veterinary medicine
Wild animal trade
Wildlife conservation
Zoos

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-30
text: Captive Wildlife Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to define "prohibited wildlife species" as any live lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar.
Declares it a prohibited act for any person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce any prohibited wildlife species. Exempts from this prohibition licensed zoos, circuses, accredited sanctuaries, federally-licensed breeders, State entities (universities, wildlife rehabilitators or veterinarians), any incorporated humane society, animal shelter, or society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, persons transporting prohibited wildlife species to any such facility, and specified related organizations.
action_date: 2003-10-23
text: 
Captive Wildlife Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to define "prohibited wildlife species" as any live species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar and any live hybrid of any such species. 
 
Declares it a prohibited act for any person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce any prohibited wildlife species. 
Exempts from this prohibition: (1) exhibitors or research facilities licensed or registered and inspected by a Federal agency; (2) sanctuaries, humane societies, animal shelters, or societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals that are tax-exempt nonprofit corporations that do not engage in commercial trade in the species (including any sale of animals, animal parts, byproducts, or offspring, exhibition of animals for photograph opportunities, or conduct of public events with live animals for financial profit or any other entertainment purpose), propagate animals, allow unescorted public visitation or direct contact between the public and wild animals, or take animals from a sanctuary or enclosure for exhibition, and maintain exceptional standards of animal care; (3) State colleges, universities, or agencies, State-licensed wildlife rehabilitators, or State-licensed veterinarians; (4) federally-licensed and inspected brokers or dealers in cases in which they are conducting any brokering or dealing activity with persons referred to in this Act; and (5) persons that have custody of the animal solely for the purpose of expeditiously transporting it to a person referred to in this Act. 

action_date: 2003-10-31
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on October 23, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Captive Wildlife Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to define "prohibited wildlife species" as any live species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar and any live hybrid of any such species. 
 
Declares it a prohibited act for any person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce any prohibited wildlife species. 
Exempts from this prohibition: (1) exhibitors or research facilities licensed or registered and inspected by a Federal agency; (2) sanctuaries, humane societies, animal shelters, or societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals that are tax-exempt nonprofit corporations that do not engage in commercial trade in the species (including any sale of animals, animal parts, byproducts, or offspring, exhibition of animals for photograph opportunities, or conduct of public events with live animals for financial profit or any other entertainment purpose), propagate animals, allow unescorted public visitation or direct contact between the public and wild animals, or take animals from a sanctuary or enclosure for exhibition, and maintain exceptional standards of animal care; (3) State colleges, universities, or agencies, State-licensed wildlife rehabilitators, or State-licensed veterinarians; (4) federally-licensed and inspected brokers or dealers in cases in which they are conducting any brokering or dealing activity with persons referred to in this Act; and (5) persons that have custody of the animal solely for the purpose of expeditiously transporting it to a person referred to in this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-11-04
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13740-13741; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S13740; text as passed Senate: CR S13740-13741)
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S13740-13741; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S13740; text as passed Senate: CR S13740-13741)
action_date: 2003-10-23
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 320.
action_date: 2003-10-23
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with amendments. With written report No. 108-172.
action_date: 2003-10-23
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with amendments. With written report No. 108-172.
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2003-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1833)
action_date: 2003-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1833)
action_date: 2003-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate