[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3219 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3219

   To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit dog fighting ventures.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2007

Ms. Sutton (for herself, Mr. Hare, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Inslee, Ms. 
 Shea-Porter, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Woolsey, and Ms. 
   Hirono) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit dog fighting ventures.

    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 ``Dog Fighting Prohibition Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON DOG FIGHTING VENTURES.

    (a) In General.--Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 
2156) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``any person to knowingly sponsor'' 
                and inserting ``any person--
                    ``(A) to knowingly sponsor'';
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) to knowingly sponsor or exhibit an animal in, 
                or knowingly attend, a dog fighting venture.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``any person to knowingly sell'' 
                and inserting ``any person--
                    ``(A) to knowingly sell''; and
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) to knowingly sell, buy, possess, train, 
                transport, deliver, or receive for purposes of 
                transportation, any dog or other animal for the 
                purposes of having the dog or other animal, or 
                offspring of the dog or other animal, participate in a 
                dog fighting venture.''; and
            (3) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph 
                (7); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) the term `dog fighting venture'--
                    ``(A) means any event that--
                            ``(i) involves a fight between at least 2 
                        animals;
                            ``(ii) includes at least 1 dog; and
                            ``(iii) is conducted for purposes of sport, 
                        wagering, or entertainment; and
                    ``(B) does not include any activity the primary 
                purpose of which involves the use of 1 or more animals 
                to hunt another animal; and''.
    (b) Enforcement of Animal Fighting Prohibitions.--Section 49 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``(or in the case 
of a dog fighting venture (as defined in section 26(g) of that Act) not 
more than 5 years)'' before ``, or both''.
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