[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 666 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 666

  To prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 8, 2013

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Vitter, Ms. 
 Ayotte, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Merkley, Ms. 
  Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Thune, Mr. Wyden, and Mrs. 
  Feinstein) 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 prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, 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 ``Animal Fighting Spectator 
Prohibition Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ATTENDING AN ANIMAL FIGHT OR CAUSING A MINOR TO 
              ATTEND AN ANIMAL FIGHT.

    Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Sponsoring or 
                Exhibiting an Animal in'' and inserting ``Sponsoring or 
                Exhibiting an Animal in, Attending, or Causing a Minor 
                To Attend'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking ``In 
                        general'' and inserting ``Sponsoring or 
                        exhibiting''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and 
                        inserting ``paragraph (3)'';
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
                (3); and
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Attending or causing a minor to attend.--It shall be 
        unlawful for any person--
                    ``(A) to knowingly attend an animal fighting 
                venture; or
                    ``(B) to knowingly cause a minor to attend an 
                animal fighting venture.''; and
            (2) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) by striking ``section--'' and inserting 
                ``section:'';
                    (B) by striking ``the term'' each place it appears 
                and inserting ``The term'';
                    (C) in each of paragraphs (1) through (3), by 
                striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a 
                period;
                    (D) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as 
                paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and (1), respectively, and 
                moving so as to appear in numerical order; and
                    (E) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so 
                redesignated) the following:
            ``(4) The term `minor' means a person under the age of 18 
        years old.''.

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT OF ANIMAL FIGHTING PROHIBITIONS.

    Section 49 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Whoever'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--Whoever'';
            (2) in subsection (a) (as designated by paragraph (1)), by 
        striking ``subsection (a),'' and inserting ``subsection 
        (a)(1),''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Attending an Animal Fighting Venture.--Whoever violates 
subsection (a)(2)(A) of section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 
2156) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 1 
year, or both, for each violation.
    ``(c) Causing a Minor To Attend an Animal Fighting Venture.--
Whoever violates subsection (a)(2)(B) of section 26 of the Animal 
Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned 
for not more than 3 years, or both, for each violation.''.
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