Dick Durbin: “In addition, the CHIMP Act caps overall multi-year federal expenditures related to building and operating the sanctuary…”

“In addition, the CHIMP Act caps overall multi-year federal expenditures related to building and operating the sanctuary system at $30 million, compared to the $7 million spent now each year by the federal government for the care of chimpanzees in laboratories, as estimated by the CBO. And this legislation creates a public-private partnership, to generate non-federal dollars that will help pay for the care of these chimpanzees. Right now, their care is financed strictly through taxpayer dollars. Under the bill, the private sector will cover 10 percent of the start-up costs and 25 percent of the operating costs of the sanctuary system.”