Pet Safety and Protection Act of 1999 (Introduced in the Senate)
S 1522 IS
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1522
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and
cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 5, 1999
Mr. AKAKA introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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. PROTECTION OF PETS.
(a) RESEARCH FACILITIES- 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) DEFINITION OF PERSON- In this section, the term `person' means
any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation, association,
trust, estate, pound, shelter, or other legal entity.
`(b) USE OF 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 (d).
`(c) SELLING, DONATING, OR OFFERING DOGS AND CATS- No person, other
than a person described in subsection (d), may sell, donate, or offer a
dog or cat to any research facility or Federal research facility.
`(d) PERMISSIBLE SOURCES- A person from whom a research facility or
a Federal research facility may obtain a dog or cat for research or educational
purposes under subsection (b), and a person who may sell, donate, or offer
a dog or cat to a research facility or a Federal research facility under
subsection (c), shall be--
`(1) a dealer licensed under section 3 that has bred and raised the
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 subsections (b) and (c) of section 28; and
`(C) obtained the dog or cat from its legal owner, other than a pound
or shelter;
`(3) a person that is donating the dog or cat and that--
`(A) bred and raised the dog or cat; or
`(B) owned the 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.
`(1) IN GENERAL- A person that violates this section shall pay $1000
for each violation.
`(2) ADDITIONAL PENALTY- A 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.
`(f) NO REQUIRED SALE OR DONATION- Nothing in this section requires
a pound or shelter to sell, donate, or offer a dog or cat to a research
facility or Federal research facility.'.
(b) FEDERAL RESEARCH FACILITIES- Section 8 of the Animal Welfare Act
(7 U.S.C. 2138) is amended--
(1) by striking `No department' and inserting `Except as provided in
section 7, no department';
(2) by striking `research or experimentation or'; and
(3) by striking `such purposes' and inserting `that purpose'.
(c) CERTIFICATION- 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
`research facility or Federal research facility'.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 take effect 90 days after the date
of enactment of this Act.