Bill113th Congress

H.R. 1998

Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act

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Introduced
May 15, 2013
Origin Chamber
House
Policy Area
Animals
Latest Action
May 21, 2013
Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.

Sponsor

Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]

Republican·CA-25
Bioguide ID: M000508
First Name: HOWARD
Middle Name: P.
Last Name: MCKEON
By Request: N
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Committees
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Actions
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Amendments
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Related Bills
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Bill Details

Update Date
Jan 11, 2023
Origin Chamber
House
Bill Type
HR
Bill Number
1,998
Congress
113
Introduced Date
May 15, 2013
Policy Area
Animals
Is Law
No
May 21, 2013Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.

Source: House committee actions

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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Source: House floor actions

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Introduced in House

Source: Library of Congress

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Introduced in House

Source: Library of Congress

Introduced in House· May 15, 20130

Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any person from importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce, breeding, or possessing any prohibited wildlife species (current law prohibits importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing such a species in interstate or foreign commerce). Includes among exemptions to such prohibition the breeding transportation, or possession of such species by authorized persons.

Defines "breeding" as facilitating the propagation or reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or failing to prevent the propagation or reproduction, of a prohibited wildlife species or other animal.

Removes from the list of persons authorized to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, purchase, breed, or possess such species a person that is licensed or registered, and inspected, by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) or any other federal agency with respect to such species. Includes in such list:

  • an institution accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) or certified related facilities that coordinate with an AZA Species Survival Plan for breeding of species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973;
  • a wildlife sanctuary that cares for such species, is a tax exempt corporation, does not commercially trade in or propagate such species, does not allow direct contact between the public and animals, and does not allow the transportation and display of such species off-site;
  • a person that is in possession of animals of such species that were born before the date of this Act's enactment and that are registered with APHIS within 180 days after such regulations are promulgated; and
  • a traveling circus that regularly travels in interstate commerce to conduct performances featuring live prohibited wildlife species and multiple trained human entertainers, that does not allow members of the public to be in direct contact with or unsafe proximity to a prohibited wildlife species of any age, and that, during the three years preceding this Act's enactment, has not been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to have violated the Animal Welfare Act by reason of jeopardizing the health and well-being of a prohibited wildlife species.

Establishes civil and criminal penalties and forfeiture requirements for violations of this Act.

Natural Resources Committee

House· Standing
Animal protection and human-animal relationshipsCrimes against animals and natural resourcesMuseums, exhibitions, cultural centersTrade restrictionsWildlife conservation and habitat protection

Introduced in House

May 15, 2013

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