Great Ape Protection Act

To prohibit the conducting of invasive research on great apes, and for other purposes.

4/17/2008--Introduced.
Great Ape Protection Act - Prohibits:
(1) persons from conducting invasive research on great apes;
(2) federal funds from being used to conduct such research;
(3) persons from knowingly importing, exporting, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, renting, loaning, purchasing, or selling great apes for such research; and
(4) persons from breeding great apes for use in such research.
Declares that this Act does not limit or prevent individualized medical care performed on great apes by licensed veterinarians for the benefit of the great apes.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for the permanent retirement of all great apes that are owned or under the control of the federal government and that have been used for invasive research. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the euthanizing of such apes if it is in their best interest as determined by an attending veterinarian and endorsed by a second, unaffiliated veterinarian.
Defines "invasive research" to mean experimental research that may cause death, bodily injury, pain, distress, fear, injury, or trauma to great apes. Excludes:
(1) close observation of natural or voluntary behavior, provided that it does not require the removal of apes from their social group or environment or require an anesthetic or sedation event to collect data or record observations; or
(2) post-mortem examinations of great apes following their natural death.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
• and 27 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
  • Rep. Thomas Allen [D, ME-1]
  • Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
  • Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
  • Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
  • Rep. John Campbell [R, CA-48]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
  • Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
  • Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Dave Reichert [R, WA-8]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
  • Rep. Christopher Shays [R, CT-4]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 4 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Foreign Affairs
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

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April 17, 2008

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• Apr 17, 2008: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
• Apr 17, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
• Apr 17, 2008: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Apr 17, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Apr 17, 2008: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Apr 17, 2008: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Introduced on Apr 17, 2008.

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