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Adds prohibited-primate species to the Lacey Act and bans interstate/foreign commerce, transport, sale, breeding, and possession of live nonhuman primates with limited exceptions.
Official title: Amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit certain activities involving prohibited primate species, and for other purposes.
Introduced May 5, 2025 by Richard Blumenthal · Last progress May 5, 2025
Bans interstate and international commerce, transport, sale, acquisition, breeding, and possession of live nonhuman primates (defined to include monkeys, apes, lemurs, tarsiers, lorises, galagos and hybrids) subject to limited exceptions. It adds the new prohibited-primate definition into the Lacey Act, requires the Interior Secretary to issue implementing rules within 180 days, preserves narrow exceptions (temporary transport custody, registered pre-enactment owners who must register within 180 days but cannot breed or sell, and registered research facilities), and makes minor technical corrections to related Lacey Act provisions.