[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1594 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1594
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit certain
activities involving prohibited primate species, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 5, 2025
Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Schiff,
Ms. Smith, and Mr. Markey) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public
Works
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A BILL
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit certain
activities involving prohibited primate species, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Captive Primate Safety Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES INVOLVING PROHIBITED PRIMATE
SPECIES.
(a) Definition of Prohibited Primate Species.--Section 2 of the
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (l) as
subsections (i) through (m), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
``(h) Prohibited Primate Species.--The term `prohibited primate
species' means any live species of nonhuman primate, including species
of chimpanzee, galago, gibbon, gorilla, lemur, loris, monkey,
orangutan, tarsier, or any hybrid of such species.''.
(b) Prohibited Acts.--Section 3(e) of the Lacey Act Amendments of
1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372(e)) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and all that follows through
the period at the end of the undesignated matter following
subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), it
is unlawful for any person--
``(A) to import, export, transport, sell, receive,
acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce,
or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or
foreign commerce, any prohibited wildlife species or
prohibited primate species; or
``(B) to breed or possess any prohibited wildlife
species or prohibited primate species.''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``or
prohibited primate species'' after ``prohibited
wildlife species'' each place it appears; and
(B) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) and
inserting the following:
``(D) an entity or individual that has custody of
any prohibited wildlife species or prohibited primate
species for the purpose of expeditiously transporting
the prohibited wildlife species or prohibited primate
species, as applicable, to an entity or individual
described in this paragraph with respect to the
species;
``(E) an entity or individual that is in possession
of any prohibited wildlife species or prohibited
primate species that was born before the date of the
enactment of the Big Cat Public Safety Act, with
respect to a prohibited wildlife species, or the
Captive Primate Safety Act, with respect to a
prohibited primate species, if the entity or
individual--
``(i) not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of the applicable Act,
registers each individual animal of each
prohibited wildlife species or prohibited
primate species, as applicable, possessed by
the entity or individual with the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service;
``(ii) does not breed, acquire, or sell any
prohibited wildlife species or prohibited
primate species, as applicable, after the date
of enactment of the applicable Act; and
``(iii) does not allow direct contact
between the public and any prohibited wildlife
species or prohibited primate species, as
applicable; or
``(F) a research facility that conducts research
that involves a prohibited primate species that is
registered with the Department of Agriculture, if the
research facility holds the registration in good
standing.''.
(c) Regulations.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall
promulgate regulations implementing the amendments made by
subsections (a) and (b).
(2) Enforceability.--The enforceability of the amendments
made by subsections (a) and (b) shall not be affected by a
failure of the Secretary of the Interior to timely promulgate
regulations under paragraph (1).
(d) Technical Amendments.--
(1) Section 4 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16
U.S.C. 3373) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b)--
(i) in the second sentence, by striking
``subpenas'' and inserting ``subpoenas''; and
(ii) in the fourth sentence, by striking
``subpena issued pursuant to this paragraph''
and inserting ``subpoena issued pursuant to
this subsection''; and
(B) in subsection (e), in the first sentence, by
striking ``Fishery Conservation and Management Act of
1976'' and inserting ``Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et
seq.)''.
(2) Section 6(b) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16
U.S.C. 3375(b)) is amended--
(A) in the matter preceding the proviso, by
striking ``Attorney General;'' and inserting ``Attorney
General:''; and
(B) in the first sentence of the proviso, by
striking ``subpena'' and inserting ``subpoena''.
(3) Section 8(a) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16
U.S.C. 3377(a)) is amended by striking ``Fishery Conservation
and Management Act of 1976'' and inserting ``Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act''.
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