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H.R. 2920: Captive Primate Safety Act

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H.R. 2920: Captive Primate Safety Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-25 · Animals · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-25 · 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 Federal Lands. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Captive Primate Safety Act

Plain summary

Captive Primate Safety Act This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importing, exporting, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring, or purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce any live animal of a non-human primate species. The bill also limits any licensed or registered person from allowing direct contact between any member of the public and a live bear, tiger, lion, jaguar, cougar, African leopard, snow leopard, ape, gibbon, siamang, monkey, or loris. The Lacey Act prohibition applies to state-licensed wildlife rehabilitators.

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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] · 75 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), John B. Larson (D-CT), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX) and 15 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2920 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114