Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

R EnsignSponsor

51 cosponsors · 35 D, 15 R, 1 I

11 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to increase the imprisonment penalty for animal fighting violations from one year to two years. Makes it unlawful to sell, buy, transport, or deliver in interstate or foreign commerce a knife, gaff, or other sharp instrument used in a bird-fighting venture.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 27, 2003

Revises enforcement provisions. Permits euthanasia for an animal in extreme pain.

Includes the Internet or any technology as interstate instrumentality.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act

Latest action (Mar 27, 2003): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Policy area: Animals · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 27, 2003

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.