119-s1594

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1594 Introduced in Senate

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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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