3.0.0 6202 2021-09-29T17:16:42Z 2021-09-29T17:16:42Z House H HR 2008-06-05 110 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Referred to 2008-11-19T23:47:35Z Referred to 2008-06-05T13:36:45Z 2008-11-19 hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Committee 2008-06-05 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2008-06-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1157-1158) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000933 Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 N S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2008-06-05 True P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2008-06-05 True T000266 Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] JOHN TIERNEY D MA F. 6 2008-06-05 True K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2008-07-30 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2008-09-18 False D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2008-09-26 False Agriculture and Food Animals Crime and Law Enforcement Fines (Penalties) Health Law Livestock Protection of animals Veterinary medicine Agriculture and Food 00 2008-06-05 Introduced in House 2008-08-11T21:40:23Z Farm Animals Anti-Cruelty Act - Subjects a person to specified civil and criminal penalties who: (1) kills, mutilates, tortures, or intentionally causes an animal held for commercial use pain or suffering; or (2) has responsibility for an animal held for commercial use and fails to provide it with necessary food, water, shelter, and health care.

Exempts from such provision the treatment of an animal held for commercial use: (1) in lawful scientific or agricultural research; (2) undergoing veterinary treatment; or (3) at a state or county fair, or at similar exhibitions.

States that any act in compliance with the Humane Slaughter Act is not prohibited under this Act.

]]> Farm Animals Anti-Cruelty Act Short Titles as Introduced Farm Animals Anti-Cruelty Act Display Title Farm Animals Anti-Cruelty Act Official Title as Introduced To promote the well-being of animals held for commercial use by providing such animals protection from cruelty and abuse. Introduced in House 2008-06-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6202ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6202ih.xml 2008-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.