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A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to remove the limitation that permits interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful.

Introduced: February 3, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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May 17, 2000
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 555.
May 17, 2000
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported to Senate by Senator Lugar without amendment. With written report No. 106-297.
Mar 2, 2000
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 3, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 3, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1157)
Feb 3, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Animal Welfare Act to eliminate the provision permitting interstate movement of live fighting birds if the fighting venture is to take place in a State allowing such fights.

What's happening now May 17, 2000

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 555.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 2
D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Nov 17, 1999
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Nov 3, 1999
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 13, 1999
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Murray, Patty
Washington · May 19, 1999
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 5, 1999
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 3, 1999
 R
McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Mar 2, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 345: A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to remove the limitation that permits interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-345/
MLA
"S. 345: A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to remove the limitation that permits interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-345/.
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S. 345, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-345/.
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[S. 345: A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to remove the limitation that permits interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-345/)
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