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B-335432 Jul 12, 2023 1 (2023-07-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaooxu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-335432 July 12, 2023 The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Chairman The Honorable Shelley Moore Capito Ranking Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Bruce Westerman Chairman The Honorable RaGl Grijalva Ranking Member Committee on Natural Resources House of Representatives Subject: Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service: Regulations To Implement the Big Cat Public Safety Act Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) entitled Regulations To Implement the Big Cat Public Safety Act (RIN: 1018-BH23). We received the rule on June 30, 2023. It was published in the Federal Register as an interim rule on June 12, 2023. 88 Fed. Reg. 38358. The effective date is June 12, 2023. The interim rule, according to FWS, amends implementing regulations for the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, Pub. L. No. 108-191, 117 Stat. 2871 (Dec. 19, 2003), by incorporating the requirements of the Big Cat Public Safety Act (BCPSA), Pub. L. No. 117-243, 136 Stat. 2336 (Dec. 20, 2022). Specifically, FWS stated that BCPSA amended the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981, Pub. L. No. 97-79, 95 Stat. 1073 (Nov. 16, 1981), to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act and to further the conservation of certain wildlife species. According to FWS, BCPSA makes it unlawful to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or breed or possess prohibited wildlife species, with certain exceptions. FWS stated the BCPSA also requires an entity or individual who does not qualify for one of the other exceptions and is in possession of any prohibited wildlife species to register each such animal with FWS not later than June 18, 2023, allowing pre-BCPSA owners to register their pre-BCPSA big cats to continue to possess them under the pre-BCPSA exception. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) requires a 60-day delay in the effective date of a major rule from the date of publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). The 60-day delay in effective date can be waived, however, if the agency finds for good cause that delay is impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, and the agency incorporates a statement of the findings and its

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