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110TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 110-551
CAPTIVE WILDLIFE SAFETY TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
ACT OF 2008
MARCH 31, 2008.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. RAHALL, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4933]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4933) to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to
protect captive wildlife and to make technical corrections, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably there-
on without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 4933 is to amend the Lacey Act Amend-
ments of 1981 to protect captive wildlife and to make technical cor-
rections, and for other purposes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Captive Wildlife Safety Act (Public Law 108-191) amended
the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to make it unlawful for any
person to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or pur-
chase in interstate or foreign commerce any prohibited wildlife spe-
cies. Such prohibited wildlife species include any live species of
lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, and cougar. The purpose of the
law was to prevent the sale of these species as pets. It was not
until the law was enacted that the Fish and Wildlife Service and
Department of Justice identified certain specific technical drafting
problems that have made implementation and enforcement impos-
sible. H.R. 4933 would make the technical changes to the law need-
ed to allow the original intent of the legislation to be achieved.
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