HR 3556 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Humane Care for Primates Act of 2013

Introduced Nov 20, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Renee L. Ellmers R-NC

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 22, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedNov 20, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Humane Care for Primates Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate a final rule revising federal regulations regarding the importation of nonhuman primates (i.e. chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, macaques, and numerous other species) to expand the categories of uses for which nonhuman primates may be imported and distributed to include live nonhuman primates imported into the United States by a certified primate sanctuary for purposes of providing lifetime shelter and care.

Requires such rule to establish a process for the certification of facilities as primate sanctuaries for purposes of the importation, shelter, and care of nonhuman primates.

Cosponsors 43

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 20, 2013 to Nov 12, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Nov 20, 2013
D-VA	James P. Moran		Dec 3, 2013
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Dec 3, 2013
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Dec 3, 2013
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm		Dec 3, 2013
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Dec 3, 2013
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Dec 5, 2013
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Dec 5, 2013
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Dec 5, 2013
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Dec 5, 2013
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Dec 5, 2013
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Dec 19, 2013
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jan 8, 2014
R-CA	John Campbell		Feb 3, 2014
D-CA	Sam Farr		Feb 3, 2014

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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 22, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 20, 2013Introduced in House
Nov 20, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.

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Nov 20, 2013Introduced in House

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