US Congress House Bill 3556 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-10)
Status: Introduced on November 20 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-11-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Humane Care for Primates Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate a final rule revising federal regulations regarding the importation of nonhuman primates (i.e. chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, macaques, and numerous other species) to expand the categories of uses for which nonhuman primates may be imported and distributed to include live nonhuman primates imported into the United States by a certified primate sanctuary for purposes of providing lifetime shelter and care. Requires such rule to establish a process for the certification of facilities as primate sanctuaries for purposes of the importation, shelter, and care of nonhuman primates.

Humane Care for Primates Act of 2013

Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-11-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-11-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3556/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3556/BILLS-113hr3556ih.pdf