[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4426-S4427]
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  SA 3127. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Booker, Mr. Heller, 
and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of 
agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture 
through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 125___. EXTENDING PROHIBITION ON ANIMAL FIGHTING TO 
                   UNITED STATES TERRITORIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 
     U.S.C. 2156) is amended--
       (1) by striking the section designation and heading and all 
     that follows through ``paragraph (3), it'' in subsection 
     (a)(1) and inserting the following:

     ``SEC. 26. ANIMAL FIGHTING.

       ``(a) Sponsoring or Exhibiting Animal in, Attending, or 
     Causing Underage Individual To Attend, Animal Fighting 
     Venture.--
       ``(1) Sponsoring or exhibiting.--It'';

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       (2) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3);
       (3) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking ``subsection (e)'' and inserting 
     ``subsection (d)''; and
       (B) by inserting ``or'' before ``promoting'';
       (4) by striking subsection (d);
       (5) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), 
     and (j) as subsections (d), (e), (i), (f), (g), and (h), 
     respectively, and moving the subsections so as to appear in 
     alphabetical order;
       (6) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), in the third 
     sentence, by striking ``paragraph (f)'' and inserting 
     ``subsection'';
       (7) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), by striking 
     ``(e)'' and inserting ``(d)''; and
       (8) in paragraph (3) of subsection (i) (as so 
     redesignated), by adding ``and'' at the end.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 49(a) of title 18, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``(e) of section 
     26 of the Animal Welfare Act'' and inserting ``(d) of section 
     26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156)''.
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