114 STAT. 2752 PUBLIC LAW 106-551—DEC. 20, 2000 Public Law 106-551 106th Congress An Act Dec. 20, 2000 [H.R. 3514] Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act 42 USC 201 note. To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that have been designated as being no longer needed in research conducted or supported by the Public Health Service, and for other purposes. 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 "Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act". SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SANCTUARY SYSTEM FOR FED- ERALLY OWNED OR SUPPORTED CHIMPANZEES NO LONGER NEEDED FOR RESEARCH. Subpart 1 of part E of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 48 IB the following section: 42 USC 287a-3a. "SEC. 481C. SANCTUARY SYSTEM FOR SURPLUS CHIMPANZEES. " (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide for the establishment and operation in accordance with this section of a system to provide for the lifetime care of chimpanzees that have been used, or were bred or purchased for use, in research conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, or other agencies of the Federal Government, and with respect to which it has been determined by the Secretary that the chimpanzees are not needed for such research (in this section referred to as 'surplus chimpanzees'). " (b) ADMINISTRATION OF SANCTUARY SYSTEM.—The Secretary shall carry out this section, including the establishment of regulations under subsection (d), in consultation with the board of directors of the nonprofit private entity that receives the contract under subsection (e) (relating to the operation of the sanctuary system). "(c) ACCEPTANCE OF CHIMPANZEES INTO SYSTEM. —All surplus chimpanzees owned by the Federal Government shall be accepted into the sanctuary system. Subject to standards under subsection (d)(4), any chimpanzee that is not owned by the Federal Government can be accepted into the system if the owner transfers to the sanctuary system title to the chimpanzee. " (d) STANDARDS FOR PERMANENT RETIREMENT OF SURPLUS CHIMPANZEES. — Deadline. "(1) IN GENERAL. —Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall by regulation establish standards for operating the sanctuary system
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