Senate Version of Pet Safety and Protection Act in the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007 (2007 Farm bill)
SEC. 11072. PROTECTION OF PETS.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2007''.
(b) Research Facilities.--Section 7 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2137) is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 7. SOURCES OF DOGS AND CATS FOR RESEARCH FACILITIES.
``(a) Definition of Person.--In this section, the term `person' means any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, pound, shelter, or other legal entity.
``(b) Use of Dogs and Cats.--No research facility or Federal research facility may use a dog or cat for research or educational purposes if the dog or cat was obtained from a person other than a person described in subsection (d).
``(c) Selling, Donating, or Offering Dogs and Cats.--No person, other than a person described in subsection (d), may sell, donate, or offer a dog or cat to any research facility or Federal research facility.
``(d) Permissible Sources.--A person from whom a research facility or a Federal research facility may obtain a dog or cat for research or educational purposes under subsection (b), and a person who may sell, donate, or offer a dog or cat to a research facility or a Federal research facility under subsection (c), shall be--
``(1) a dealer licensed under section 3 that has bred and raised the dog or cat;
``(2) a publicly owned and operated pound or shelter that--
``(A) is registered with the Secretary;
``(B) is in compliance with section 28(a)(1) and with the requirements for dealers in subsections (b) and (c) of section 28; and
``(C) obtained the dog or cat from its legal owner, other than a pound or shelter;
``(3) a person that is donating the dog or cat and that--
``(A) bred and raised the dog or cat; or
``(B) owned the dog or cat for not less than 1 year immediately preceding the donation;
``(4) a research facility licensed by the Secretary; and
``(5) a Federal research facility licensed by the Secretary.
``(e) Penalties.--
``(1) IN GENERAL.--A person that violates this section shall be fined $1,000 for each violation.
``(2) ADDITIONAL PENALTY.--A penalty under this subsection shall be in addition to any other applicable penalty.
``(f) No Required Sale or Donation.--Nothing in this section requires a pound or shelter to sell, donate, or offer a dog or cat to a research facility or Federal research facility.
``(g) Limitation.--The Secretary shall phase out, by the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the use of random source dogs and cats from class B dealers in accordance with a schedule established by the Secretary.''.
(c) Federal Research Facilities.--Section 8 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2138) is amended--
(1) by striking ``SEC. 8. No department'' and inserting the following:
``SEC. 8. FEDERAL RESEARCH FACILITIES.
``Except as provided in section 7, no department'';
(2) by striking ``research or experimentation or''; and
(3) by striking ``such purposes'' and inserting ``that purpose''.
(d) Certification.--Section 28(b)(1) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2158(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``individual or entity'' and inserting ``research facility or Federal research facility''.