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






                                                       Calendar No. 555
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 345

                          [Report No. 106-297]

 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 (for himself, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
Santorum, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Collins, 
 Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Lieberman, 
    Mr. Akaka, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
     Jeffords, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
 Fitzgerald, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Roth, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Reed, Ms. Snowe, 
 Mr. Kohl, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Grams, Mr. Byrd, 
Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. Mikulski, Mr. Daschle, 
Mr. Graham, Mr. Warner, Mr. Robb, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Gregg, Mr. 
Johnson, and Mr. Edwards) introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
                                Forestry

                              May 17, 2000

                Reported by Mr. Lugar, without amendment

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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.




                                                       Calendar No. 555

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 345

                          [Report No. 106-297]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

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                              May 17, 2000

                       Reported without amendment