,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ccd #aagth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #bfc ,report ,no4 #aag-dbh ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,january #aa1 #bjba,mr4 ,quigley 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,buchanan1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,waltz1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 and ,mr4 ,womack7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources ,july #bb1 #bjbb;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,casten1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,brownley1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,buck1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,ms4 ,underwood1 ,ms4 ,houlahan1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mrs4 ,demings1 ,mrs4 ,luria1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mrs4 ,axne1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,smucker1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,ruiz1 ,mr4 ,garcia of ,california1 ,mr4 ,reschenthaler1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,crow1 ,mr4 ,schrader1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,ms4 ,chu1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,mr4 ,upton1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 ,kim of ,new ,jersey1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,miss ,rice of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,malinowski1 ,ms4 ,kuster1 ,mr4 ,sablan1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,stanton1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mrs4 ,torres of ,california1 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,lois ,frankel of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,mr4 ,delgado1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,aguilar1 ,mr4 ,lieu1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mrs4 ,fletcher1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1 ,mr4 ,michael ,f4 ,doyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,ms4 ,spanberger1 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,mr4 ,harder of ,california1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4 ,sherman1 ,mr4 ,o',halleran1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,ms4 ,clark of ,massachusetts1 ,ms4 ,salazar1 ,mr4 ,correa1 ,ms4 ,newman1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,schneider1 ,mr4 ,allred1 ,mrs4 ,mc,bath1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,stevens1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,ms4 ,escobar1 ,mr4 ,van ,drew1 ,mr4 ,joyce of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,garbarino1 ,ms4 ,sherrill1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1 ,mr4 ,gottheimer1 ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mrs4 ,harshbarger1 ,mr4 ,norcross1 ,mr4 ,schweikert1 ,ms4 ,mace1 ,mr4 ,carter of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,kinzinger1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,burchett1 ,ms4 ,jacobs of ,california1 ,mr4 ,lawson of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,tenney1 ,mr4 ,gooden of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,moore of ,alabama1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,ms4 ,williams of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,courtney1 ,mr4 ,la,hood1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,ms4 ,leger ,fernandez1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey1 ,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,rutherford1 ,mr4 ,auchincloss1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,ms4 ,bourdeaux1 ,mr4 ,case1 ,mrs4 ,mc,clain1 ,ms4 ,granger1 ,mr4 ,swalwell1 ,mr4 ,valadao1 ,mr4 ,amodei1 ,mr4 ,kind1 ,mr4 ,lamb1 ,mr4 ,chabot1 ,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1 ,mr4 ,torres of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,larson of ,connecticut1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,ms4 ,strickland1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,ms4 ,snchez1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,price of ,north ,carolina1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mrs4 ,murphy of ,florida1 ,mrs4 ,trahan1 ,mr4 ,kahele1 ,ms4 ,schrier1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4 ,davids of ,kansas1 ,ms4 ,craig1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,ms4 ,slotkin1 ,ms4 ,stansbury1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mrs4 ,steel1 ,mr4 ,hill1 ,mr4 ,norman1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,mr4 ,phillips1 ,mr4 ,bost1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 ,nehls1 ,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,david ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mr4 ,bera1 ,mr4 ,neal1 ,ms4 ,porter1 ,ms4 ,wexton1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mrs4 ,kim of ,california1 ,mr4 ,gimenez1 ,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,cuellar1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,ms4 ,ross1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,morelle1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mr4 ,mc,eachin1 ,ms4 ,manning1 ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,vicente ,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,ms4 ,malliotakis1 ,mr4 ,mrvan1 ,ms4 ,van ,duyne1 ,mr4 ,doggett1 ,mr4 ,sessions1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,c4 ,scott ,franklin of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,palazzo1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,mr4 ,balderson1 ,mr4 ,carter of ,louisiana1 and ,mrs4 ,cherfilus-,mc,cormick ,july #bb1 #bjbb,reported with an amendment1 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic,for text of introduced bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on ,january #aa1 #bjba ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,lacey ,act ,amendments of #aiha to clarify provisions enacted by the ,captive ,wildlife ,safety ,act1 to further the conservation of certain wildlife species1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,big ,cat ,public ,safety ,act4 #b4 ,definitions 7a7 ,in general ,section #b of the ,lacey ,act ,amendments of #aiha 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #ccga7 is amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating subsections 7a7 through 7k7 as subsections 7b7 through 7l71 respectively2 and 7#b7 by inserting before subsection 7b7 7as so redesignated7 the following3 7a7 ,breed ,the term breed means to facilitate propagation or reproduction 7whether intentionally or negligently71 or to fail to prevent propagation or reproduction4 4 7b7 ,conforming amendments 7#a7 ,consolidated ,farm and ,rural ,development ,act ,section #cdi7;a77#c7 of the ,consolidated ,farm and ,rural ,development ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #aiig7;a77#c77 is amended-- 7,a7 by striking section #b7;a7 and inserting section #b2 and 7,b7 by striking #ccga7;a7 and inserting #ccga4 7#b7 ,lacey ,act ,amendments of #aiha ,section #g7;c7 of the ,lacey ,act ,amendments of #aiha 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #ccgf7;c77 is amended by striking section #b7;f77#b77;,a7 and inserting section #b7;g77#b77;,a74 #c4 ,prohibitions ,section #c of the ,lacey ,act ,amendments of #aiha 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #ccgb7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7i7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting 2 or2 7ii7 in subparagraph 7,b77iii71 by striking 2 or and inserting a semicolon2 and 7iii7 by striking subparagraph 7,c72 and 7,b7 in paragraph 7#d71 by striking 7#a7 through 7#c7 and inserting 7#a7 through 7#c7 or subsection 7e72 and 7#b7 by amending subsection 7e7 to read as follows3 7e7 ,captive wildlife offense 7#a7 ,in general ,except as provided in paragraph 7#b71 it is unlawful for any person to-- 7,a7 import1 export1 transport1 sell1 receive1 acquire1 or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce1 or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce2 or 7,b7 breed or possess2 any prohibited wildlife species4 7#b7 ,limitation on application ,paragraph 7#a7 does not apply to-- 7,a7 an entity exhibiting animals to the public under a ,class ,c license from the ,department of ,agriculture1 or a ,federal facility registered with the ,department of ,agriculture that exhibits animals1 if such entity or facility holds such license or registration in good standing and if the entity or facility-- 7i7 does not allow any individual to come into direct physical contact with a prohibited wildlife species1 unless that individual is-- 7,i7 a trained professional employee or contractor of the entity or facility 7or an accompanying employee receiving professional training72 7,,ii7 a licensed veterinarian 7or a veterinary student accompanying such a veterinarian72 or 7,,iii7 directly supporting conservation programs of the entity or facility1 the contact is not in the course of commercial activity 7which may be evidenced by advertisement or promotion of such activity or other relevant evidence71 and the contact is incidental to humane husbandry conducted pursuant to a species-specific1 publicly available1 peer-edited population management and care plan that has been provided to the ,secretary with justifications that the plan-- 7aa7 reflects established conservation science principles2 7bb7 incorporates genetic and demographic analysis of a multi-institution population of animals covered by the plan2 and 7cc7 promotes animal welfare by ensuring that the frequency of breeding is appropriate for the species2 and 7ii7 ensures that during public exhibition of a lion 7,panthera leo71 tiger 7,panthera tigris71 leopard 7,panthera pardus71 snow leopard 7,uncia uncia71 jaguar 7,panthera onca71 cougar 7,puma concolor71 or any hybrid thereof1 the animal is at least #ae feet from members of the public unless there is a permanent barrier sufficient to prevent public contact2 7,b7 a ,state college1 university1 or agency1 or a ,state-licensed veterinarian2 7,c7 a wildlife sanctuary that cares for prohibited wildlife species1 and-- 7i7 is a corporation that is exempt from taxation under section #eja7;a7 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf and described in sections #eja7;c77#c7 and #agj7;b77#a77;,a77vi7 of such ,code2 7ii7 does not commercially trade in any prohibited wildlife species1 including offspring1 parts1 and byproducts of such animals2 7iii7 does not breed any prohibited wildlife species2 7iv7 does not allow direct contact between the public and any prohibited wildlife species2 and 7v7 does not allow the transportation and display of any prohibited wildlife species off-site2 7,d7 has custody of any prohibited wildlife species solely for the purpose of expeditiously transporting the prohibited wildlife species to a person described in this paragraph with respect to the species2 or 7,e7 an entity or individual that is in possession of any prohibited wildlife species that was born before the date of the enactment of the ,big ,cat ,public ,safety ,act1 and-- 7i7 not later than #ahj days after the date of the enactment of the such ,act1 the entity or individual registers each individual animal of each prohibited wildlife species possessed by the entity or individual with the ,united ,states ,fish and ,wildlife ,service2 7ii7 does not breed1 acquire1 or sell any prohibited wildlife species after the date of the enactment of such ,act2 and 7iii7 does not allow direct contact between the public and prohibited wildlife species4 4 #d4 ,penalties 7a7 ,civil penalties ,section #d7;a77#a7 of the ,lacey ,act ,amendments of #aiha 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #ccgc7;a77#a77 is amended-- 7#a7 by inserting 7e71 after 7d712 and 7#b7 by inserting 1 7e71 after subsection 7d74 7b7 ,criminal penalties ,section #d7;d7 of the ,lacey ,act ,amendments of #aiha 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #ccgc7;d77 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a77;,a71 by inserting 7e71 after 7d712 7#b7 in paragraph 7#a77;,b71 by inserting 7e71 after 7d712 7#c7 in paragraph 7#b71 by inserting 7e71 after 7d712 and 7#d7 by adding at the end the following3 7#d7 ,any person who knowingly violates section #c7;e7 shall be fined not more than #bj1jjj1 or imprisoned for not more than #e years1 or both4 ,each violation shall be a separate offense and the offense is deemed to have been committed in the district where the violation first occurred1 and in any district in which the defendant may have taken or been in possession of the prohibited wildlife species4 4 #e4 ,forfeiture of prohibited wildlife species ,section #e7;a77#a7 of the ,lacey ,act ,amendments of #aiha 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #ccgd7;a77#a77 is amended by inserting bred1 possessed1 before imported1 exported14 #f4 ,administration ,section #g7;a7 of the ,lacey ,act ,amendments of #aiha 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #ccgf7;a77 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7#c7 ,the ,secretary shall1 in consultation with other relevant ,federal and ,state agencies1 promulgate any regulations necessary to implement section #c7;e74 4 ,july #bb1 #bjbb,reported with an amendment1 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be printed