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 PUBLIC LAW 106-551—DEC. 20, 2000 114 STAT. 2753 to provide for the permanent retirement of surplus chimpanzees. In establishing the standards, the Secretary shall consider the recommendations of the board of directors of the nonprofit private entity that receives the contract under subsection (e), and shall consider the recommendations of the National Research Council applicable to surplus chimpanzees that are made in the report published in 1997 and entitled 'Chimpanzees in Research—Strategies for Their Ethical Care, Management, and Use'. "(2) CHIMPANZEES ACCEPTED INTO SYSTEM. —With respect to chimpanzees that are accepted into the sanctuary system, standards under paragraph (1) shall include the following: "(A) A prohibition that the chimpanzees may not be used for research, except as authorized under paragraph (3). "(B) Provisions regarding the housing of the chimpanzees. "(C) Provisions regarding the behavioral well-being of the chimpanzees. "(D) A requirement that the chimpanzees be cared for in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act. "(E) A requirement that the chimpanzees be prevented from breeding. "(F) A requirement that complete histories be maintained on the health and use in research of the chimpanzees. "(G) A requirement that the chimpanzees be monitored for the purpose of promptly detecting the presence in the chimpanzees of any condition that may be a threat to the public health or the health of other chimpanzees. "(H) A requirement that chimpanzees posing such a threat be contained in accordance with applicable recommendations of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "(I) A prohibition that none of the chimpanzees may be subjected to euthanasia, except as in the best interests of the chimpanzee involved, as determined by the system and an attending veterinarian. "(J) A prohibition that the chimpanzees may not be discharged from the system. If any chimpanzee is removed from a sanctuary facility for purposes of research authorized under paragraph (3)(A)(ii), the chimpanzee shall be returned immediately upon the completion of that research. All costs associated with the removal of the chimpanzee from the facility, with the care of the chimpanzee during such absence from the facility, and with the return of the chimpanzee to the facility shall be the responsibility of the entity that obtains approval under such paragraph regarding use of the chimpanzee and removes the chimpanzee from the sanctuary facility. "(K) A provision that the Secretary may, in the discretion of the Secretary, accept into the system chimpanzees that are not surplus chimpanzees. "(L) Such additional standards as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. "(3) RESTRICTIONS REGARDING RESEARCH.—

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