[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1558 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1558

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain computer-
            assisted remote hunting, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2005

  Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain computer-
            assisted remote hunting, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Computer-Assisted Remote Hunting 
Act''.

SEC. 2. COMPUTER-ASSISTED REMOTE HUNTING FACILITIES.

    (a) Offense.--Chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 49. Computer-assisted remote hunting
    ``(a) Prohibition.--Whoever, using any instrumentality of 
interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly makes available a computer-
assisted remote hunt shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
more than 5 years, or both.
    ``(b) Exception.--Providing an instrumentality of commerce, such as 
equipment or access to the Internet, is not a violation of this section 
unless the provider intends the use of the equipment or access for a 
computer-assisted remote hunt.
    ``(c) Construction With Other Law.--Nothing in this section limits 
the power of State and local authorities to enact laws or regulations 
concerning computer-assisted remote hunting facilities.
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `computer-assisted remote hunt' means any 
        use of a computer or any other device, equipment, or software, 
        to allow a person remotely to control the aiming and discharge 
        of a weapon so as to kill or injure an animal while not in the 
        physical presence of the targeted animal; and
            ``(2) the term `instrumentality of interstate commerce' 
        means any written, wire, radio, television, or other form of 
        communication in, or using a facility of, interstate 
        commerce.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``49. Computer-assisted remote hunting.''.
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