[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 345 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 345

 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to remove the limitation that permits 
  interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to 
               States in which animal fighting is lawful.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 3, 1999

  Mr. Allard introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to remove the limitation that permits 
  interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to 
               States in which animal fighting is lawful.

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

SECTION 1. INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS FOR ANIMAL FIGHTING.

    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 
        subsections (d) through (g), respectively.
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