H.R. 3199

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3199 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3199

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 5, 2025

Mr. Quigley (for himself, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Mace, Ms. 
Schakowsky, Mrs. McBath, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Casten, Ms. 
Titus, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Chu, Mr. 
Levin, and Mr. Lieu) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources

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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 of 
2025''.

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 of 2025, 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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