Captive Primate Safety Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3199 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3199 To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit certain activities involving prohibited primate species, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 5, 2025 Mr. Quigley (for himself, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Mace, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. McBath, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Casten, Ms. Titus, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Chu, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Lieu) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit certain activities involving prohibited primate species, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Captive Primate Safety Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES INVOLVING PROHIBITED PRIMATE SPECIES. (a) Definition of Prohibited Primate Species.--Section 2 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (l) as subsections (i) through (m), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following: ``(h) Prohibited Primate Species.--The term `prohibited primate species' means any live species of nonhuman primate, including species of chimpanzee, galago, gibbon, gorilla, lemur, loris, monkey, orangutan, tarsier, or any hybrid of such species.''. (b) Prohibited Acts.--Section 3(e) of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372(e)) is amended-- (1) by striking paragraph (1) and all that follows through the period at the end of the undesignated matter following subparagraph (B) and i