US Congress House Bill 3546 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 75-21)
Status: Introduced on September 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Federal Lands Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Big Cat Public Safety Act This bill amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit any person from breeding or possessing any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (i.e., any live species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such species). Breeding means facilitating propagation or reproduction (whether intentionally or negligently), or failing to prevent propagation or reproduction. The bill extends forfeiture provisions to fish, wildlife, or plants that are bred or possessed. The bill revises the list of entities that are exempt from Lacey Act prohibitions to include: institutions accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums; certain facilities that have an active written contract with an Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan or Taxon Advisory Group for breeding prohibited wildlife species; persons who do not allow the transportation and display of prohibited wildlife species off-site; current owners of animals that were born before this bill's enactment if the animals are registered with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service within 180 days; and certain traveling circuses that hold Class C licenses under the Animal Welfare Act. Entities exempt from Lacey Act prohibitions must require that current owners and circuses not allow direct contact between the public and the prohibited wildlife species.

Big Cat Public Safety Act

Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. David Trott [R-MI]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2015-09-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-09-17	House	Introduced in House

SB2541 (Related) 2016-02-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3546/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3546/BILLS-114hr3546ih.pdf