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- An important note:
-
- Akipplen2@aol.com wrote:
- > One of the provisions of this bill is that it would
- > eliminate Class B animal dealers.
-
- This, while close, is not quite right. H.R. 594, the Pet Safety
- and Protection Act, would prohibit Class B dealers (dealers who do not
- breed the animals they sell) from selling dogs and cats to research
- facilities, NOT eliminate them. (Of thousands of Class B dealers, only
- about 40 sell to laboratories, according to USDA).
- Let me hasten to note that H.R. 594 is a good bill, well deserving
- everyone's attention and support. But Liz Grayson is right to say,
-
- > Experience has taught me to read bills carefully, especially bills
- > concerning animals, before giving my support.
-
- A quick way to do this is to visit http://thomas.loc.gov.
-
- ******
-
- Pet Safety and Protection Act of 1997 (Introduced in the House)
-
- HR 594 IH
-
- 105th CONGRESS
-
- 1st Session
-
- H. R. 594
-
- To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by
- research facilities are obtained legally.
-
- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
-
- February 5, 1997
-
- Mr. CANADY of Florida (for himself, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. GOSS,
- Mr. CALVERT, Ms.
- DELAURO, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. DAVIS of
- Virginia, Mr.
- YATES, Mr. HERGER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. HYDE, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr.
- MURTHA, Mr. LEACH,
- Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. MILLER of California, and Ms. FURSE) introduced the
- following bill; which was
- referred to the Committee on Agriculture
-
-
-
- A BILL
-
- To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by
- research facilities are obtained legally.
-
- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
- United States of America in
- Congress assembled,
-
- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
-
- This Act may be cited as the `Pet Safety and Protection Act of
- 1997'.
-
- SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
-
- (a) SECTION 7- Section 7 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2137)
- is amended to read as follows:
-
- `SEC. 7. SOURCES OF DOGS AND CATS FOR RESEARCH FACILITIES.
-
- `(a) USE OF CERTAIN DOGS AND CATS- No research facility or Federal
- research facility may use a
- dog or cat for research or educational purposes if the dog or cat
- was obtained from a person other than a
- person described in subsection (c).
-
- `(b) SELLING, DONATING, OR OFFERING DOGS AND CATS- No person, other
- than a person
- described in subsection (c), may sell, donate, or offer a dog or
- cat to any research facility or Federal
- research facility.
-
- `(c) PERMISSIBLE SOURCES- Persons from whom a research facility or
- a Federal research facility
- may obtain a dog or cat for research or educational purposes under
- subsection (a) and persons who may
- sell, donate, or offer a dog or cat to a research facility or a
- Federal research facility under subsection (b)
- are--
-
- `(1) a dealer licensed under section 3 who has bred and raised
- such dog or cat;
-
- `(2) a publicly owned and operated pound or shelter that--
-
- `(A) is registered with the Department of Agriculture;
-
- `(B) is in compliance with section 28(a)(1) and with the
- requirements for dealers in section
- 28(b) and (c); and
-
- `(C) obtained such dog or cat from its legal owner, other
- than a pound or shelter;
-
- `(3) a person who is donating such dog or cat and who--
-
- `(A) bred and raised such dog or cat; or
-
- `(B) owned such dog or cat for not less than 1 year
- immediately preceding the donation;
-
- `(4) a research facility licensed by the Department of
- Agriculture; and
-
- `(5) a Federal research facility licensed by the Department of
- Agriculture.
-
- `(d) PENALTIES- (1) Any person found to have violated subsection
- (b) shall pay $1000 for each
- violation.
-
- `(2) Any penalty under this subsection shall be in addition to any
- other applicable penalty and shall be
- imposed whether or not the Secretary imposes any other penalty.
-
- `(e) DEFINITION- For purposes of this section the term `person'
- includes any individual, partnership,
- firm, joint stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate,
- pound, shelter, or other legal entity.
-
- `(f) CONSTRUCTION- Nothing in this section may be construed to
- require a pound or shelter to sell,
- donate, or offer dogs or cats to research facilities or Federal
- research facilities.'.
-
- (b) SECTION 8- Section 8 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2138)
- is amended--
-
- (1) by striking `No department' and inserting in lieu thereof
- `Except as provided in section 7, no
- department';
-
- (2) by striking `research or experimentation or'; and
-
- (3) by striking `purposes' and inserting in lieu thereof
- `purpose'.
-
- (c) SECTION 28- Section 28(b)(1) of the Animal Welfare Act (7
- U.S.C. 2158(b)(1)) is amended by
- striking `individual or entity' and inserting in lieu thereof
- `research facility or Federal research facility'.
-
- SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
-
- Section 2 shall take effect three months after the date of the
- enactment of this Act.
-
-
-
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 10:29:45 -0400
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