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H.R. 1513: Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2011

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H.R. 1513: Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-13 · Animals · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2011

Plain summary

Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2011 - Prohibits: (1) conducting invasive research on great apes; (2) possessing, maintaining, or housing a great ape for the purpose of conducting invasive research; (3) using federal funds to conduct such research on a great ape or to support an entity conducting or facilitating invasive research on a great ape either within or outside of the United States; (4) knowingly breeding a great ape for the purpose of conducting or facilitating such research; (5) transporting, moving, delivering receiving, leasing, renting, donating, purchasing, selling, or borrowing a great ape in interstate or foreign commerce for conducting or facilitating such research; and (6) transferring federal ownership of a great ape to a non-federal entity unless the entity is a suitable sanctuary. Defines "great ape" as any chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon. Defines "invasive research" as research that may cause death, injury, pain, distress, fear, or trauma to great apes, including drug testing or exposure to a substance or isolation, social deprivation, or other experimental manipulations that may be detrimental to the ape's health or psychological well-being. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to effectuate the permanent retirement of all great apes that are owned by the federal government and that are being maintained in any facility for the purpose of breeding for, holding for, or conducting invasive research. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of this Act. Establishes in the Treasury the Great Ape Sanctuary System Fund to be administered by the Secretary for construction, renovation, and operation of the sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees.

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Official text

Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] · 177 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Betty McCollum (D-MN), André Carson (D-IN), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA) and 117 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr1513 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112