[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1275 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1275

To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the interstate movement of 
 live birds for the purpose of having the birds participate in animal 
                               fighting.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 1999

  Mr. Peterson of Minnesota introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the interstate movement of 
 live birds for the purpose of having the birds participate in animal 
                               fighting.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVE BIRDS FOR ANIMAL 
              FIGHTING.

    (a) Removal of Current Exception.--Section 26 of the Animal Welfare 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (d); and
            (2) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) as 
        subsection (d) through (g), respectively.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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