S. 1509: Captive Primate Safety Act of 2005
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S. 1509: Captive Primate Safety Act of 2005
109th Congress · introduced 2005-07-27 · Animals · Latest: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2005-07-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Executive Comment Requested from Interior. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Captive Primate Safety Act of 2005
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Captive Primate Safety Act of 2005 - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add non-human primates to the definition of "prohibited wildlife species" to which such Act's requirements (e.g., prohibition against sale or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce) apply.
Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Captive Primate Safety Act of 2005
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] · 6 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1509, Captive Primate Safety Act of 2005 (2006-06-15); CBO cost estimate: S. 1509, Captive Primate Safety Act of 2005 (2006-06-15)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109s1509.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/s>
Record fed-us-cong109-s1509 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109