Captive Primate Safety Act
Latest action · Jul 29, 2021 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedMay 12, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Captive Primate Safety Act
This bill limits the trade and possession of nonhuman primates. For example, the bill prohibits most individuals from owning a nonhuman primate as a pet.
Cosponsors 73
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 12, 2021 to Dec 15, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | May 12, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | May 18, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | May 20, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | May 20, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | May 20, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jun 1, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jun 1, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Jun 28, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Aug 3, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Oct 28, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Nov 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Apr 26, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Dec 15, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 12, 2021 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jun 19, 2021Hearings Jul 29, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2021Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- May 12, 2021Introduced in House
- May 12, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 82, May 12, 2021, page H2271.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1588 | Captive Primate Safety Act | Related bill | May 12, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importation, exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, and purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or possession, of any live animal of any prohibited primate species.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Captive Primate Safety Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Animals
- Civil actions and liability
- Crimes against animals and natural resources
- Department of the Interior
- Licensing and registrations
- Mammals
- Trade restrictions
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 12, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
