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H.R. 2856: Captive Primate Safety Act

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H.R. 2856: Captive Primate Safety Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-07-30 · Animals · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-07-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] · 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 Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs. 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

Captive Primate Safety Act

Plain summary

Captive Primate Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add nonhuman primates to the definition of "prohibited wildlife species" for purposes of the prohibition against the sale or purchase of such species in interstate or foreign commerce. Makes it unlawful for a person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase a live animal of any prohibited wildlife species in interstate or foreign commerce (i.e., for pet trade purposes). Modifies exceptions to such prohibition, including by making it inapplicable to a person who is: (1) a licensed and inspected person who does not allow direct contact between the public and prohibited wildlife species, and (2) transporting a single primate of the genus Cebus that was obtained from and trained by a charitable organization to assist a permanently disabled individual with a severe mobility impairment. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act.

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Official text

Captive Primate Safety Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] · 152 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Dina Titus (D-NV), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), James A. Himes (D-CT), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and 92 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr2856 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113