| Pet Safety and Protection
Act of 2001 (Introduced in the Senate)
S 668 IS
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 668
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
March 30, 2001
Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr.
SMITH of New Hampshire) 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 2001'.
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.
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