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HR 1776 116th Congress House Animals Administrative law and regulatory procedures Animal protection and human-animal relationships Crimes against animals and natural resources Department of the Interior Mammals Service animals Smuggling and trafficking Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Captive Primate Safety Act

Introduced: September 9, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 25, 2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 3, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Mar 14, 2019
Introduced in House
Mar 14, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Captive Primate Safety Act

This bill revises requirements governing the trade of wildlife species. Among other things, the bill adds nonhuman primate species to the list of wildlife species that may not be imported, exported, transported, sold, received, acquired, or purchased in interstate or foreign commerce.

In addition, the bill revises requirements concerning the persons exempted from the prohibition.

What's happening now June 25, 2020

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2562 Related bill Captive Primate Safety Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 46
All 46 Democratic 38 Republican 2
Kirkpatrick, Ann
· Nov 5, 2020
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Oct 23, 2020
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 23, 2020
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Aug 14, 2020
Lamb, Conor
· Jul 20, 2020
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Jul 1, 2020
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Jun 25, 2020
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jun 25, 2020
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Mar 11, 2020
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Feb 5, 2020
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Oct 22, 2019
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Oct 22, 2019
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Oct 8, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 8, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Oct 8, 2019
Kennedy, Joseph
· Sep 24, 2019
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Sep 11, 2019
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Sep 9, 2019
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Sep 9, 2019
LANGEVIN, JAMES
· Sep 9, 2019
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Aug 16, 2019
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Aug 9, 2019
 D
Levin, Mike
California · Aug 9, 2019
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Jul 22, 2019
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Jul 22, 2019
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jul 22, 2019
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 5, 2019
PRICE, DAVID
· Jul 5, 2019
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Jul 5, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 10, 2019
 D
Crow, Jason
Colorado · Jun 3, 2019
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jun 3, 2019
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · May 30, 2019
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · May 30, 2019
 D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · May 9, 2019
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · May 7, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 29, 2019
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Apr 29, 2019
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 29, 2019
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Apr 29, 2019
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 29, 2019
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Apr 18, 2019
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Apr 15, 2019
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Apr 12, 2019
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Mar 14, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1776: Captive Primate Safety Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1776/
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"H.R. 1776: Captive Primate Safety Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1776/.
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H.R. 1776, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1776/.
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