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H.R. 8164: Captive Primate Safety Act

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H.R. 8164: Captive Primate Safety Act

118th Congress · introduced 2024-04-30 · Animals · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2024-04-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. 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

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Official text

Captive Primate Safety Act

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr8164.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · 58 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Sean Casten (D-IL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Adam Smith (D-WA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Josh Harder (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Mike Levin (D-CA), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-hr8164 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118