Pet Safety and Protection Act of 1999 (Introduced in the House)
HR 453 IH
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 453
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used
by research facilities are obtained legally.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 2, 1999
Mr. CANADY of Florida (for himself, Mr. HYDE, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas,
Mr. GILMAN, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. LEWIS
of Georgia, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. PELOSI,
Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. MORAN of Virginia,
Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. SHERMAN, and Ms. WOOLSEY)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used
by research facilities are obtained legally.
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 `Pet Safety and Protection Act of 1999'.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
(a) SECTION 7- Section 7 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2137)
is amended to read as follows:
`SEC. 7. SOURCES OF DOGS AND CATS FOR RESEARCH FACILITIES.
`(a) USE OF CERTAIN DOGS AND CATS- No research facility or Federal
research facility may use a dog or cat for research or educational purposes
if the dog or cat was obtained from a person other than a person described
in subsection (c).
`(b) SELLING, DONATING, OR OFFERING DOGS AND CATS- No person, other
than a person described in subsection (c), may sell, donate, or offer a
dog or cat to any research facility or Federal research facility.
`(c) PERMISSIBLE SOURCES- Persons from whom a research facility or
a Federal research facility may obtain a dog or cat for research or educational
purposes under subsection (a) and persons who may sell, donate, or offer
a dog or cat to a research facility or a Federal research facility under
subsection (b) are--
`(1) a dealer licensed under section 3 who has bred and raised such
dog or cat;
`(2) a publicly owned and operated pound or shelter that--
`(A) is registered with the Department of Agriculture;
`(B) is in compliance with section 28(a)(1) and with the requirements
for dealers in section 28(b) and (c); and
`(C) obtained such dog or cat from its legal owner, other than a pound
or shelter;
`(3) a person who is donating such dog or cat and who--
`(A) bred and raised such dog or cat; or
`(B) owned such dog or cat for not less than 1 year immediately preceding
the donation;
`(4) a research facility licensed by the Department of Agriculture;
and
`(5) a Federal research facility licensed by the Department of Agriculture.
`(d) PENALTIES- (1) Any person found to have violated subsection (b)
shall pay $1,000 for each violation.
`(2) Any penalty under this subsection shall be in addition to any
other applicable penalty and shall be imposed whether or not the Secretary
imposes any other penalty.
`(e) DEFINITION- For purposes of this section the term `person' includes
any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation, association,
trust, estate, pound, shelter, or other legal entity.
`(f) CONSTRUCTION- Nothing in this section may be construed to require
a pound or shelter to sell, donate, or offer dogs or cats to research facilities
or Federal research facilities.'.
(b) SECTION 8- Section 8 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2138)
is amended--
(1) by striking `No department' and inserting in lieu thereof `Except
as provided in section 7, no department';
(2) by striking `research or experimentation or'; and
(3) by striking `purposes' and inserting in lieu thereof `purpose'.
(c) SECTION 28- Section 28(b)(1) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C.
2158(b)(1)) is amended by striking `individual or entity' and inserting
in lieu thereof `research facility or Federal research facility'.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Section 2 shall take effect three months after the date of the enactment
of this Act.