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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GP
111TH CONGRESS
2d Session
SENATE
Calendar No. 365
REPORT
111-180
A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE, TO
INCLUDE CONSTRICTOR SNAKES OF THE SPECIES
PYTHON GENERA AS AN INJURIOUS ANIMAL
MAY 5, 2010.-Ordered to be printed
Mrs. BOXER, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
REPORT
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany S. 373]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred a bill (S. 373) to amend section 42 of title 18, United
States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the species Python
molurus (including Python bivittatus (also known as Python
molurus bivittatus)), Broghammerus reticulatus (also known as
Python reticulatus), Python sebae, Python natalensis (also known
as Python sebae natalensis), Boa constrictor, Eunectes notaeus,
Eunectes deschauenseei, Eunectes murinus, or Eunectes beniensis
after polymorpha as injurious animals, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
This bill, as introduced, would amend the Lacey Act to add con-
strictor snakes of the species Python genera to the list of injurious
species, found in 18 U.S.C. §42(a)(1). This action would halt the
importation and interstate trade of the listed species.
Thousands of Burmese Pythons are now breeding in the Florida
Everglades, and threaten many imperiled species and other wild-
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