S.Amdt. 3757

SA 3757. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Udall) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr.
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title II of division B, insert
the following:
Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to support the maintenance of chimpanzees at any
Federal or non-Federal research facility registered pursuant
to section 6 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2136)
unless, not later than November 1, 2018, the Director of the
National Institutes of Health establishes, in accordance with
the purposes of section 404K of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 283m), a plan to retire to the sanctuary system
established under section 404K of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 283m) by December 31, 2021--
(1) all chimpanzees categorized as Class I, II, or III on
the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status
classification system, as adapted by the Academy of
Veterinary Technicians in Anesthesia and Analgesia; and
(2) all chimpanzees--
(A) categorized as Class IV or V on the classification
system described in paragraph (1); and
(B) determined to be eligible for transfer to that
sanctuary system by an independent team--
(i) consisting of--

(I) 2 veterinarians with experience in treating apes in a
sanctuary, a zoo, or the wild;
(II) a behaviorist with experience working with apes in a
sanctuary, a zoo, or the wild;
(III) an anesthesiologist; and
(IV) a bioethicist; and

(ii) none of whom is currently, or has recently been,
employed by a laboratory.
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