3.0.0 479 2022-11-01T16:17:45Z 2022-11-01T16:17:45Z Senate S 2019-02-13 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-13T21:14:00Z PACT Act 116 724 HR 2019-11-25 Became Public Law No: 116-72. Identical bill CRS 2019-02-13 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-02-13 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 2019-02-13 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-02-13 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-02-13 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2019-02-14 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-02-25 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-02-25 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2019-02-25 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-02-25 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-02-25 False P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2019-02-25 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2019-02-25 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-02-25 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-02-25 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-02-25 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-02-25 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2019-02-25 False M001197 Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] Martha McSally R AZ 2019-02-25 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-03-05 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-03-05 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2019-03-05 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2019-03-06 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2019-03-07 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-03-12 False W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2019-03-27 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-03-28 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2019-04-29 False S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2019-04-29 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-05-07 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-05-07 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2019-05-14 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-05-23 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-06-10 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2019-06-11 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2019-06-26 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2019-07-16 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2019-07-29 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2019-09-24 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-10-22 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-10-29 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2019-10-29 False S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2019-11-05 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2019-11-13 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2019-11-14 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-11-14 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-11-18 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2019-12-03 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-12-17 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2019-12-17 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 2019-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2019-03-14T19:48:11Z Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act or the PACT Act

This bill revises and expands criminal 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 Short Title(s) as Introduced PACT Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to revise section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s479is/xml/BILLS-116s479is.xml 2019-02-13 Read twice and referred to the 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.