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 PUBLIC LAW 108–191—DEC. 19, 2003

117 STAT. 2871

Public Law 108–191 108th Congress An Act To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to further the conservation of certain wildlife species.

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 Wildlife Safety Act’’.

Dec. 19, 2003 [H.R. 1006] Captive Wildlife Safety Act. 16 USC 3371 note.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF PROHIBITED WILDLIFE SPECIES.

Section 2 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (g) through (j) as subsections (h) through (k), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: ‘‘(g) PROHIBITED WILDLIFE SPECIES.—The term ‘prohibited wildlife species’ means any live species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such species.’’. SEC. 3. PROHIBITED ACTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3372) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, or’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon at the end; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(C) any prohibited wildlife species (subject to subsection (e));’’; (B) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon at the end; and (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) through (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) through (3)’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(e) NONAPPLICABILITY OF PROHIBITED WILDLIFE SPECIES OFFENSE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a)(2)(C) does not apply to importation, exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase of an animal of a prohibited wildlife species, by a person that, under regulations prescribed under paragraph (3), is described in paragraph (2) with respect to that species.

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