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S 1916 RFH110th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 1916IN.1916
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESDecember 17, 2007Referred to the CommitteeFIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Energy and Commerce
AN ACTThursday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven
An Act
To amend the Public Health Service Act to modify the program for the sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees by terminating the authority for the removal of chimpanzees from the system for research purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. SANCTUARY SYSTEM FOR SURPLUS CHIMPANZEES; TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY FOR REMOVAL FROM SYSTEM FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.
(a) In General- The first section 481C of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287a-3a) (added by section 2 of Public Law 106-551) is amended in subsection (d)--
(1) in paragraph (2), in subparagraph (J), by striking `If any chimpanzee is removed' and all that follows; and
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking clause (ii); and
(ii) by striking `except as provided' in the matter preceding clause (i) and all that follows through `behavioral studies' and inserting the following: `except that the chimpanzee may be used for noninvasive behavioral studies';
(B) by striking subparagraph (B);
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and
(D) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated), by striking `under subparagraphs (A) and (B)' and inserting `under subparagraph (A)'.
(b) Technical Correction- Part E of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is amended by redesignating the second section 481C (added by section 204(a) of Public Law 106-505) as section 481D.
Passed the Senate December 13, 2007.Attest:NANCY ERICKSON,Secretary
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.