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Timestamp: 2016-07-30 07:19:15
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 283', '§ 283', '§ 283', '§ 2131', '§ 2131', '§ 404', '§ 481', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 404', '§ 221', '§ 302']

US - Chimpanzees - § 283m. Sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees (CHIMP Act) | Animal Legal & Historical Center
Full Statute Name: United States Code Annotated. Title 42. The Public Health and Welfare. Chapter 6A. Public Health Service. Subchapter III. National Research Institutes. Part A. National Institutes of Health. § 283m. Sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees
Primary Citation: 42 U.S.C.A. § 283m
Date Adopted: 1944
Statute Text: (a) In general
(D) A requirement that the chimpanzees be cared for in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act [7 U.S.C.A. § 2131 et seq.].
(i) Such a fee may not be imposed for accepting the chimpanzee if, on the day before December 20, 2000, the chimpanzee was owned by the nonprofit private entity that receives the contract under subsection (e) of this section or by any individual sanctuary facility receiving a subcontract or grant under subsection (e)(1) of this section.
(ii) Such a fee may not be imposed for accepting the chimpanzee if the chimpanzee is owned by an entity that operates a primate center, and if the chimpanzee is housed in the primate center pursuant to the program for regional centers for research on primates that is carried out by the Director of NIH, acting through the Office of the Director of NIH,.
(F) The entity agrees to comply with standards under subsection (d) of this section.
(ix) None of the members of the board has been fined for, or signed a consent decree for, any violation of the Animal Welfare Act [7 U.S.C.A. § 2131 et seq.].
Of the amount appropriated for the National Institutes of Health, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section and for the care, maintenance, and transportation of all chimpanzees otherwise under the ownership or control of the National Institutes of Health, and to enable the National Institutes of Health to operate more efficiently and economically by decreasing the overall Federal cost of providing for the care, maintenance, and transportation of chimpanzees--
With respect to amounts authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary may use a portion of such amounts to make awards of grants or contracts to public or private entities operating facilities that, as determined by the Secretary in consultation with the board of directors of the nonprofit private entity that receives the contract under subsection (e) of this section, provide for the retirement of chimpanzees in accordance with the same standards that apply to the sanctuary system pursuant to regulations under subsection (d) of this section. Such an award may be expended for the expenses of operating the facilities involved.
Not later than 180 days after November 27, 2013, the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Appropriations in the House of Representatives a report, to be updated biennially, regarding--
(July 1, 1944, c. 373, Title IV, § 404K, formerly § 481C, as added Dec. 20, 2000, Pub.L. 106-551, § 2, 114 Stat. 2752; Pub.L. 110-170, § 2(a), Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2465; renumbered § 404K and amended Pub.L. 112-74, Div. F, Title II, § 221(b)(3), Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1088; Pub.L. 113-55, Title III, § 302(a), (c), Nov. 27, 2013, 127 Stat. 646, 647.)