US HB1513 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

US Congress House Bill 1513 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 140-37)
Status: Introduced on April 13 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-04-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Title

Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act of 2011

Sponsors

Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]
Rep. Charles Bass [R-NH]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Hansen Clarke [D-MI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Mark Critz [D-PA]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Norman Dicks [D-WA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Nan Hayworth [R-NY]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]
Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. David Rivera [R-FL]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]
Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Allen West [R-FL]
Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]