S 736
108th Congress
Senate
Animals
Authorization
Birds
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Euthanasia
Evidence (Law)
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Health
Indian lands
Internet
Interstate commerce
Law
Minorities
Pain
Protection of animals
Science, Technology, Communications
Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act
Introduced: March 27, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 27, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4527)
Mar 27, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
Includes the Internet or any technology as interstate instrumentality.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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