The Captive Primate Safety Act would amend federal law to prohibit the import, export, sale, breeding, and possession of nonhuman primates, including chimpanzees, gorillas, lemurs, monkeys, orangutans, and related species. The ban would apply to all people and businesses engaged in these activities in interstate or foreign commerce, with limited exceptions for certain research facilities registered with the Department of Agriculture and for individuals who owned primates before the law's enactment. Those who already possessed captive primates would have 180 days after the law takes effect to register their animals with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, after which they could not breed, acquire, or sell any primates or allow public contact with them. The Secretary of the Interior would have 180 days to write implementing regulations, though the law would be enforceable even if those regulations are delayed. The bill also includes technical corrections to update references in existing wildlife protection laws.
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