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Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act

Introduced: October 16, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Oct 16, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Oct 16, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10575)
Oct 16, 2002
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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.

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

What's happening now October 16, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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