“To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit certain activities involving prohibited primate species, and for other purposes.”
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This section amends the Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.) to prohibit, subject to exceptions, the import, export, transport, sale, receipt, acquisition, purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, breeding, or possession of "prohibited primate species," defined as any live species of nonhuman primate, including chimpanzee, galago, gibbon, gorilla, lemur, loris, monkey, orangutan, tarsier, or any hybrid thereof (in addition to previously prohibited wildlife species such as big cats). Exceptions apply to department-permitted exhibitors and assigns; accredited sanctuaries that care for such animals; licensed veterinarians and wildlife rehabilitators in the course of professional services; entities expeditiously transporting to permitted entities; persons possessing animals born before enactment if registered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service within 180 days, with no breeding, acquisition, or sale thereafter and no direct public contact; and Department of Agriculture-registered research facilities in good standing (for prohibited primates). The section further directs the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate implementing regulations within 180 days (without delaying enforceability) and makes technical corrections, including spelling updates ("subpenas" to "subpoenas") and name changes ("Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976" to "Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act").