[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4202 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4202

 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit animal fighting in United 
                          States territories.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2017

 Mr. Roskam (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Sherman, Mr. 
Cardenas, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Knight, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, and Mr. 
  Buchanan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit animal fighting in United 
                          States territories.

    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 ``Parity in Animal Cruelty Enforcement 
Act'' or the ``PACE Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENDING PROHIBITION ON ANIMAL FIGHTING TO THE TERRITORIES.

    Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Except as 
                provided in paragraph (3), it'' and inserting ``It''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (3);
            (2) by striking subsection (d); and
            (3) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), 
        and (j) as subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), 
        respectively.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATED TO REDESIGNATED SUBSECTION.

    (a) Use of Postal Service or Other Interstate Instrumentalities.--
Section 26(c) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156(c)) is amended 
by striking ``(e)'' and inserting ``(d)''.
    (b) Criminal Penalties.--Subsection (i) of section 26 of the Animal 
Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156), as redesignated by section 2(3), is 
amended by striking ``(e)'' and inserting ``(d)''.
    (c) Enforcement of Animal Fighting Prohibitions.--Section 49(a) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``(e)'' and 
inserting ``(d)''.
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