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116TH CONGRESS 'I
2d Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
REPORT
116-430
BIG CAT PUBLIC SAFETY ACT
JUNE 8, 2020.-
-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1380]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1380) to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to
clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to fur-
ther the conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 1380 is to amend the Lacey Act Amend-
ments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife
Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species,
and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
It is not known how many big cats, including tigers, lions, jag-
uars, leopards, cougars, and hybrids, are currently kept in private
ownership in the U.S., but estimates are as high as 10,000 to
20,000. Privately owned big cats are often purchased as cubs for
photo-ops, but as the cubs grow, they are often then sold into the
exotic pet trade or on the black market for wildlife parts. Adult big
cats in private ownership are typically held in inadequate condi-
tions that threaten public safety.
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