S. 1463: Captive Primate Safety Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-08-01 · Animals · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 650.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-08-01 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Captive Primate Safety Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Captive Primate Safety Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to: (1) make nonhuman primates a prohibited wildlife species; and (2) make it unlawful to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase them in interstate or foreign commerce. (Sec. 3) Modifies exceptions to restrictions on such transactions in prohibited wildlife species, making them inapplicable to a person who: (1) is a licensed and inspected person only if the person does not allow direct contact between the public and prohibited wildlife species, or (2) is transporting under certain conditions 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. Removes state-licensed wildlife rehabilitators from the list of entities exempted from the restrictions. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act.

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Official text

Captive Primate Safety Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · 25 cosponsors

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Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s1463.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>

Record fed-us-cong113-s1463 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113