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Animal Fighting Enforcement Act

Introduced: July 26, 2002 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Aug 8, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Jul 29, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1427-1428)
Jul 26, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 26, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Animal Fighting 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 ship in interstate commerce a knife, gaff, or other sharp instrument used in cockfighting.

Revises enforcement provisions.

What's happening now August 8, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7 Republican 1
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Oct 3, 2002
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Oct 2, 2002
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 17, 2002
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 17, 2002
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 9, 2002
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Sep 9, 2002
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Sep 4, 2002
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 26, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5268: Animal Fighting Enforcement Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5268/
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"H.R. 5268: Animal Fighting Enforcement Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5268/.
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H.R. 5268, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5268/.
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