3.0.0 654 2023-01-11T13:36:15Z 2023-01-11T13:36:15Z Senate S 2017-03-15 115 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-12-15T22:36:49Z ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2017-12-14T22:18:14Z Referred to 2017-03-15T19:46:29Z PACT Act 115 1494 HR 2017-03-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Identical bill CRS 2017-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-12-15 17:33:18 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2017-12-14 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2017-12-14 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8049) Floor 2017-12-14 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S8049) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2017-12-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8049) Discharge 2017-12-14 Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8049) Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-03-15 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-03-15 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2017-03-15 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2017-03-15 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2017-05-09 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2017-05-10 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2017-05-11 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2017-05-22 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2017-05-22 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-05-25 False D000607 Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] Joe Donnelly D IN 2017-05-25 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-06-06 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2017-06-12 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2017-06-26 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2017-06-27 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2017-06-27 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2017-07-10 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2017-07-10 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2017-07-25 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2017-08-03 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2017-09-25 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2017-10-05 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-10-05 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2017-10-17 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-10-19 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-10-23 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-10-24 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2017-10-30 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-11-02 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2017-11-06 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2017-11-16 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-11-30 False W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2017-12-01 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2017-12-01 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-12-12 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2017-12-18 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2017-12-19 False Crime and Law Enforcement Animal protection and human-animal relationships Crimes against animals and natural resources Digital media Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Photography and imaging Television and film Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2017-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2017-08-17T14:33:54Z Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act or the PACT Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise and expand provisions with respect to animal crushing.

It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The bill also adds a new provision to criminalize an intentional act of animal crushing. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both.

It provides additional exceptions for conduct, or a video of conduct, including conduct that is: (1) medical or scientific research, (2) necessary to protect the life or property of a person, (3) performed as part of euthanizing an animal, or (4) unintentional.

]]> 82 2017-12-14 Passed Senate without amendment 2017-12-18T19:50:28Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act or the PACT Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise and expand provisions with respect to animal crushing.

It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The bill also adds a new provision to criminalize an intentional act of animal crushing. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both.

It provides additional exceptions for conduct, or a video of conduct, including conduct that is: (1) medical or scientific research, (2) necessary to protect the life or property of a person, (3) performed as part of euthanizing an animal, or (4) unintentional.

]]> PACT Act Display Title PACT Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to revise section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Passed Senate PACT Act S Senate Short Titles as Introduced PACT Act Short Titles as Introduced Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act Short Titles as Passed Senate Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act S Senate Engrossed in Senate 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s654es/xml/BILLS-115s654es.xml Introduced in Senate 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s654is/xml/BILLS-115s654is.xml 2017-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.