Captive Primate Safety Act

HR 4525 (the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act or TEAPA) and potential Senate companion; all provisions related to and supporting ending the suffering of animals in US traveling performances, rides, or exhibits, and to address the inherent health and safety risks such events pose to workers and the public. Support the following bills to the extent they protect animals from harm and end animal suffering, and as yet unknown issues related to ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering: HR3546 (Big Cat and Public Safety Act), HR2920 (Captive Primate Safety Act), HR2858 (Humane Cosmetics Act); HR2494 (Global Anti-Poaching Act), except opposed to HR2494 Amendment exempting trophy hunting; S27 (Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act); S2385 (END Wildlife Trafficking Act); HR2697 (Rare Cats and Canids Act); HR2293/S1831 PACT (re the prosecution of animal cruelty); HR746/S388 AWARE (re testing at federal agricultural research facilities); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015); HR3526/S1918 (CECIL Animal Trophies Act); HR3448 (Cecil the Lion Endangered and Threatened Species Act of 2015); HR1942/S1214 (Safeguard American Food Exports Act); HR4019 (ORCA Act); HR1258 (Pet and Women Safety Act); and in opposition to (for the same reasons) S405 (Sportsmen's Act) & S659 The Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

H.R. 2920, the Captive Primate Safety Act, all provisions. H.R.3546, Big Cat Public Safety Act, all provisions.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Disaster Assistance Eligibility for Community Associations --developed lobbying materials in support of grassroots lobbying campaign for CAI members to urge that Congress amend the Stafford Act to make community associations eligible for disaster assistance through the Public Assistance program and to allow Individuals and Households Assistance to be used for repairs to condominium/cooperative common elements --developed legislative language to amend the Stafford Act and expand eligibility of community association homeowners for disaster assistance --various meetings with member offices serving on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee --meetings concerning H.R. 1471, H.R. 3128, & H.R. 2920 in support of study language and technical assistance to qualify community association residents for federal disaster assistance --lobbying in support of H.R.3863 to make community associations eligible for the Public and Individuals & Households disaster assistance program

Client expense: $52,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE

Disaster Assistance Eligibility for Community Associations --developed lobbying materials in support of grassroots lobbying campaign for CAI members to urge that Congress amend the Stafford Act to make community associations eligible for disaster assistance through the Public Assistance program and to allow Individuals and Households Assistance to be used for repairs to condominium/cooperative common elements --developed legislative language to amend the Stafford Act and expand eligibility of community association homeowners for disaster assistance --various meetings with member offices serving on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee --meetings concerning H.R. 1471, H.R. 3128, & H.R. 2920 in support of study language and technical assistance to qualify community association residents for federal disaster assistance --lobbying in support of H.R.3863 to make community associations eligible for the Public and Individuals & Households disaster assistance program

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $21,000

Government targets: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE

HR 4525 (the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act or TEAPA) and potential Senate companion; all provisions related to and supporting ending the suffering of animals in US traveling performances, rides, or exhibits, and to address the inherent health and safety risks such events pose to workers and the public. Support the following bills to the extent they protect animals from harm and end animal suffering, and as yet unknown issues related to ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering: HR3546 (Big Cat and Public Safety Act), HR2920 (Captive Primate Safety Act), HR2858 (Humane Cosmetics Act); HR2494 (Global Anti-Poaching Act); S27 (Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act); HR2697 (Rare Cats and Canids Act); S1831 PACT (re the prosecution of animal cruelty); HR746/S388 AWARE (re testing at federal agricultural research facilities); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015); HR3526/S1918 (CECIL Animal Trophies Act); HR3448 (Cecil the Lion Endangered and Threatened Species Act of 2015); HR1942/S1214 (Safeguard American Food Exports Act); and in opposition to (for the same reasons) S405 (Sportsmen's Act).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 2920, the Captive Primate Safety Act, all provisions. H.R.3546, Big Cat Public Safety Act, all provisions.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Lobbied in support of the following full bills: H.R. 1942, the Safeguarding American Food Exports Act, H.R. 2920, the Captive Primate Safety Act, and H.R. 746, the AWARE Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE