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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4033 

To amend the Animal Welfare Act to strengthen enforcement with respect 

to violations of that Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 21, 2024 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Animal Welfare Act to strengthen enforcement 

with respect to violations of that Act, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as ‘‘Goldie’s Act of 2024’’. 

5 SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING ENFORCEMENT OF VIOLATIONS 

6 OF ANIMAL WELFARE ACT. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Animal Welfare 

8 Act (7 U.S.C. 2132) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘of the United 

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1 ployee of the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘or a 

2 representative of the Secretary of Agriculture, who 

3 shall be an employee of the’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (c)— 

5 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

6 (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 

7 and indenting the subparagraphs appropriately; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesig9 nated), by adding ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon at 

10 the end; and 

11 (C) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesig12 nated), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; 

14 (3) in each of subsections (e), (f), and (g)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ each place it appears 

16 and inserting ‘‘(A)’’; and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ each place it appears 

18 and inserting ‘‘(B)’’; 

19 (4) in subsection (g), in the first sentence, by 

20 striking ‘‘(3) other farm animals, such as, but not 

21 limited to’’ and inserting ‘‘(C) other farm animals, 

22 including’’; 

23 (5) by redesignating subsections (a) through (o) 

24 as paragraphs (11), (14), (3), (15), (13), (5), (1), 

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1 tively, indenting the paragraphs appropriately, and 

2 moving the paragraphs so as to appear in numerical 

3 order; 

4 (6) in each of paragraphs (1) through (15) (as 

5 so redesignated), by inserting a paragraph heading, 

6 the text of which comprises the term defined in the 

7 paragraph; and 

8 (7) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(16) VIOLATION.—The term ‘violation’, with 

10 respect to a provision of this Act or any regulation 

11 or standard issued pursuant to this Act, means any 

12 deficiency, deviation, or other failure to comply with 

13 that provision, regulation, or standard.’’. 

14 (b) COOPERATION WITH STATE LAW ENFORCE15 MENT.—Section 15(b) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 

16 U.S.C. 2145(b)) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘(b) The Secretary’’ and insert18 ing the following: 

19 ‘‘(b) STATE COORDINATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 

21 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH LAW ENFORCE23 MENT.—The Secretary, acting through the Animal 

24 and Plant Health Inspection Service, shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) submit to each State, local, and mu2 nicipal animal control or law enforcement offi3 cial of appropriate jurisdiction a notification of 

4 any suspected violation of this Act that has 

5 caused or permitted any pain, suffering, injury, 

6 or death to an animal within the jurisdiction of 

7 the official not later than 48 hours after the 

8 suspected violation is discovered; and 

9 ‘‘(B) provide to an official described in 

10 subparagraph (A) images relating to a sus11 pected violation for which a notification is sub12 mitted under that subparagraph not later than 

13 10 days after the date on which the suspected 

14 violation is discovered.’’. 

15 (c) INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS.—Section 

16 16(a) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2146(a)) is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) by striking the subsection designation and 

19 all that follows through ‘‘at all reasonable times,’’ in 

20 the first sentence and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(a) DETERMINATION OF VIOLATION.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall deter23 mine whether any dealer, exhibitor, intermediate 

24 handler, carrier, research facility, or operator of an 

25 auction sale subject to section 12 has violated, or is 


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1 violating, any provision of this Act or any regulation 

2 or standard issued pursuant to this Act. 

3 ‘‘(2) ACCESS.—The Secretary shall, at all rea4 sonable times,’’; and 

5 (2) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by 

6 striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ in the second sentence and 

7 all that follows through the period at the end of the 

8 third sentence and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(3) INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

11 ‘‘(i) carry out the necessary inspec12 tions and investigations to make a deter13 mination under paragraph (1); 

14 ‘‘(ii) document and record a detailed 

15 description of— 

16 ‘‘(I) any violation observed dur17 ing such an inspection or investiga18 tion; and 

19 ‘‘(II) any animal observed to be 

20 in poor condition during the inspec21 tion or investigation, regardless of 

22 whether the animal is under the care 

23 of a veterinarian; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) in the case of a violation of this 

25 Act or standards promulgated thereunder 


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1 at a research facility, shall conduct such 

2 follow-up inspections as may be necessary 

3 until all violations are corrected. 

4 ‘‘(B) FREQUENCY.—In carrying out sub5 paragraph (A), the Secretary shall conduct— 

6 ‘‘(i) a compliance inspection of each 

7 research facility and the premises of each 

8 dealer and exhibitor, including any prop9 erties, animals, facilities, vehicles, equip10 ment, or other premises used, or intended 

11 for use, in an activity subject to regulation 

12 under this Act, as applicable— 

13 ‘‘(I) not less frequently than once 

14 each year; or 

15 ‘‘(II) for a dealer or exhibitor the 

16 properties, animals, facilities, vehicles, 

17 equipment, and other premises of 

18 which have received inspection reports 

19 indicating no violations for each of the 

20 first 5 calendar years beginning after 

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1 cluding an inspection for purposes of 

2 relicensing); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) in any case in which a violation 

4 that has caused or permitted any pain, suf5 fering, injury, or death to an animal is dis6 covered on the premises of a dealer or ex7 hibitor in any type of inspection (including 

8 an inspection for purposes of relicensing), 

9 any necessary follow-up inspections of the 

10 dealer or exhibitor, in order to ensure that 

11 humane care and treatment (including vet12 erinary care) has been, and is continuing 

13 to be, provided until the violation is cor14 rected, if applicable. 

15 ‘‘(4) CONFISCATION OR DESTRUCTION.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

17 promulgate regulations to require inspectors to 

18 promptly confiscate, or destroy in a humane 

19 manner, any animal described in subparagraph 

20 (C). 

21 ‘‘(B) NOTICE TO CONFISCATE.—Any deal22 er, exhibitor, intermediate handler, or carrier 

23 that has received a notice of the intent of an in24 spector to confiscate an animal described in 

25 subparagraph (C) shall be prohibited from— 


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1 ‘‘(i) destroying that animal in any 

2 manner; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) until the Secretary has completed 

4 the confiscation, destroying any other ani5 mal in the ownership or possession of the 

6 dealer, exhibitor, intermediate handler, or 

7 carrier, as applicable, without prior written 

8 consent from the Secretary. 

9 ‘‘(C) DESCRIPTION OF ANIMALS.—An ani10 mal referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

11 is an animal that is held by a dealer, exhibitor, 

12 operator of an auction sale, intermediate han13 dler or carrier, or research facility that— 

14 ‘‘(i) is suffering physical or psycho15 logical harm as a result of a failure to 

16 comply with any provision of this Act or 

17 any regulation or standard issued pursuant 

18 to this Act; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) in the case of an animal held by 

20 a research facility, is no longer required by 

21 the research facility to carry out the re22 search, test, or experiment for which the 

23 animal has been utilized.’’. 

24 (d) SEARCHABLE DATABASE REQUIREMENTS.—Sec25 tion 788 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 


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1 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria2 tions Act, 2020 (7 U.S.C. 2146a), is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘three’’ each place it ap5 pears and inserting ‘‘3’’; 

6 (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

7 by striking ‘‘without redactions except signa8 tures, the following records:’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘without redactions (except for signatures)—’’; 

10 (C) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1) all 

11 final’’ and all that follows through ‘‘inven12 tories’’ and inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) each final inspection report under the 

14 Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.), in15 cluding— 

16 ‘‘(i) each report documenting a viola17 tion of, or instance of noncompliance with, 

18 any provision of that Act observed by an 

19 official of the Department of Agriculture; 

20 ‘‘(ii) any images relating to a violation 

21 or instance of noncompliance described in 

22 clause (i) that has caused or permitted any 

23 pain, suffering, injury, or death to an ani24 mal; and 

25 ‘‘(iii) each animal inventory’’; 


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1 (D) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) all 

2 final Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection 

3 Act enforcement records’’ and inserting the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(B) each final enforcement record under 

6 the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) 

7 and the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1821 

8 et seq.)’’; 

9 (E) in paragraph (3)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘non-compliances ob11 served by USDA officials’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘instances of noncompliance observed by 

13 an official of the Department of Agri14 culture, including any images relating to 

15 such a violation or instance of noncompli16 ance that has caused or permitted any 

17 pain, suffering, injury, or death to an ani18 mal,’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘(3) all reports or 

20 other materials’’ and inserting the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(C) each report and other material’’; and 

23 (F) in paragraph (4)— 

24 (i) by striking ‘‘USDA’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘the Department of Agriculture’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘(4) within six months 

2 of receipt by the agency, all final Animal 

3 Welfare Act research facility annual re4 ports, including their’’ and inserting the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(D) not later than 180 days after the 

7 date of receipt by the Animal and Plant Health 

8 Inspection Service, each final annual report for 

9 a research facility under the Animal Welfare 

10 Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.), including any’’; 

11 (2) by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) as 

12 paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and indenting 

13 the paragraphs appropriately; 

14 (3) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) (as 

15 so redesignated), by striking ‘‘The Animal and Plant 

16 Health Inspection Service shall, notwithstanding any 

17 other provision of law:’’ and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(a) RESTORATION AND CONTENTS.—Notwith19 standing any other provision of law, the Animal and Plant 

20 Health Inspection Service shall—’’; and 

21 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(b) TIMING.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each report described in 

24 subsection (a)(2) shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) be uploaded to the database described 

2 in subsection (a)(1) not later than 48 hours 

3 after the date on which, as applicable— 

4 ‘‘(i) any appeal relating to the report 

5 is resolved; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) for a report that is not appealed 

7 by the entity that is the subject of the re8 port, the applicable deadline to appeal ex9 pires; and 

10 ‘‘(B) remain on the database for not less 

11 than 10 years after the date on which the re12 port is uploaded under subparagraph (A). 

13 ‘‘(2) IMAGES.—The requirement to include im14 ages under subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (C) of sub15 section (a)(2) takes effect on the date that is 30 

16 days after the date of enactment of Goldie’s Act of 

17 2024.’’. 

18 (e) REVOCATION OF LICENSE, CIVIL PENALTIES, AP19 PEAL, FINES, AND IMPRISONMENT.—Section 19(b) of the 

20 Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2149(b)) is amended— 

21 (1) in the seventh sentence— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘a civil penalty’’ and all 

23 that follows through the period at the end and 

24 inserting ‘‘a civil penalty of $1,500.’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘Any person’’ and insert2 ing the following: 

3 ‘‘(6) FAILURE TO OBEY CEASE AND DESIST.— 

4 Any person’’; 

5 (2) in the sixth sentence, by striking ‘‘Upon any 

6 failure’’ and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(5) FAILURE TO PAY PENALTY.—On any fail8 ure’’; 

9 (3) by striking the fifth sentence; 

10 (4) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

11 Secretary shall give’’ and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(4) PENALTY AMOUNT.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

14 give’’; 

15 (5) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘No pen16 alty shall be assessed’’ and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(3) NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEAR18 ING.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No penalty shall be 

20 assessed’’; 

21 (6) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Each 

22 violation’’ and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(2) SEPARATE OFFENSES.—Each violation’’; 

24 (7) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘(b) Any 

25 dealer’’ and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(b) CIVIL PENALTY.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any dealer’’; 

3 (8) in paragraph (1) (as so designated)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘thereunder, may be as5 sessed’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to this Act, 

6 shall be subject to’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘may also make’’ and in8 serting ‘‘shall also make’’; 

9 (9) in paragraph (3) (as so designated)— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (A) (as so des11 ignated), by striking ‘‘violation, and the order 

12 of the Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘violation. 

14 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT AS FINAL ORDER.—An 

15 order of the Secretary under this subsection’’; 

16 and 

17 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(C) NOTICE.—Verified delivery of an in19 spection report prepared pursuant to section 16 

20 shall serve as notice under subparagraph (A). 

21 ‘‘(D) HEARING.— 

22 ‘‘(i) PANEL.—A hearing under this 

23 section shall be conducted by, at a min24 imum, 1 veterinarian and 2 animal care 

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1 ‘‘(ii) TIMING.—A hearing under this 

2 section shall take place by not later than 

3 21 days after the date on which notice of 

4 the violation has been provided, unless the 

5 Secretary identifies a reasonable basis for 

6 continuance.’’; and 

7 (10) in paragraph (4) (as so designated), by 

8 adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) CALCULATION.—A penalty assessed 

10 by the Secretary under this section— 

11 ‘‘(i) shall be calculated on a per ani12 mal and per violation basis; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) may not be reduced by 10 per14 cent or more. 

15 ‘‘(C) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary shall— 

16 ‘‘(i) establish penalty guidelines for 

17 violations of this Act in a manner that rea18 sonably discourages future violations; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) verify that the Department of 

20 Agriculture adheres to those guidelines.’’. 

21 (f) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 

22 (1) The Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et 

23 seq.) is amended— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘as he’’ each place it ap25 pears and inserting ‘‘as the Secretary’’; 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘section 3 of this Act’’ 

2 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 3’’; 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘section 12 of this Act’’ 

4 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 

5 12’’; 

6 (D) by striking ‘‘section 13 of this Act’’ 

7 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 

8 13’’; 

9 (E) by striking ‘‘section 23 of this Act’’ 

10 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 

11 23’’; and 

12 (F) by striking ‘‘section 26 of this Act’’ 

13 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 

14 26’’. 

15 (2) Section 1(b) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 

16 U.S.C. 2131(b)) is amended— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘The Congress’’ each place 

18 it appears and inserting ‘‘Congress’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘insure’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘ensure’’; and 

21 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘assure’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘ensure’’. 

23 (3) Section 13 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 

24 U.S.C. 2143) is amended— 

25 (A) in subsection (a)(6)(A)— 


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1 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘para2 graphs (7) of this subsection, shall be con3 strued as authorizing’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘paragraph (7), authorizes’’; and 

5 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘as pro6 vided subparagraphs (A) and (C)(ii) 

7 through (v) of paragraph (3) and para8 graph (7) of this subsection, shall be con9 strued as authorizing’’ and inserting ‘‘as 

10 provided in paragraph (3)(A), clauses (ii) 

11 through (v) of paragraph (3)(C), and para12 graph (7), authorizes’’; 

13 (B) by redesignating subsections (g) and 

14 (h) as subsections (h) and (i), respectively; 

15 (C) by redesignating the second subsection 

16 (f) (relating to veterinary certification) as sub17 section (g); 

18 (D) in subsection (f)— 

19 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

20 ‘‘that he’’ and inserting ‘‘that the veteri21 narian’’; and 

22 (ii) in the last sentence, by striking 

23 ‘‘section 10 of this Act’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘section 10’’; and 


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1 (E) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), 

2 in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘when he’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘when the Secretary’’. 

4 (4) Section 14 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 

5 U.S.C. 2144) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 

6 13(a), (f), (g), and (h)’’ each place it appears and 

7 inserting ‘‘subsections (a), (f), (g), and (h) of section 

8 13’’. 

9 (5) Section 15(a) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 

10 U.S.C. 2145(a)) is amended, in the third sentence, 

11 by striking ‘‘if he’’ and inserting ‘‘if the Secretary 

12 of Transportation’’. 

13 (6) Section 16(c) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 

14 U.S.C. 2146(c)) is amended— 

15 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the 

16 Act entitled ‘An Act to create a Federal Trade 

17 Commission, to define its powers and duties, 

18 and for other purposes,’ approved September 

19 26, 1914 (38 Stat. 721–723, as amended; 15 

20 U.S.C. 46, 48, 49, and 50) (except paragraph 

21 (c) through (h) of section 6 and the last para22 graph of section 9)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal 

23 Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 46, 48, 49, 

24 50) (except subsections (c) through (h) of sec25 tion 6 of that Act)’’; 


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1 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

2 ‘‘his duties’’ and inserting ‘‘the duties of the 

3 Secretary’’; 

4 (C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘the 

5 Act of September 26, 1914, as amended,’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘the Federal Trade Commission Act 

7 (15 U.S.C. 49, 50)’’; and 

8 (D) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘of 

9 this Act’’. 

10 (7) Section 19(a) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 

11 U.S.C. 2149(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘he may’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘the Secretary may’’. 

13 (8) Section 24 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 

14 U.S.C. 2154) (as amended by paragraph (1)(F)) is 

15 amended, in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘para16 graphs (b), (c) and (d) of section 13 and with sec17 tion 26, as so amended’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections 

18 (b), (c), and (d) of section 13, and with section 26’’. 

19 (9) Section 25 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 

20 U.S.C. 2155) is amended— 

21 (A) in the undesignated matter following 

22 paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘This report as well 

23 as’’ and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The report under subsection (a) 

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1 (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by striking ‘‘Not later’’ and all that follows 

3 through ‘‘the Secretary’’ and inserting the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31 of each 

6 year beginning after the date of enactment of this section, 

7 the Secretary’’; and 

8 (C) in subsection (a) (as so designated)— 

9 (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sec10 tion 16 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

11 16’’; 

12 (ii) in paragraph (3), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

13 after the semicolon at the end; 

14 (iii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; 

15 and’’ at the end and inserting a period; 

16 and 

17 (iv) by striking paragraph (5). 

18 (10) Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 

19 U.S.C. 2156) is amended— 

20 (A) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or’’ be21 fore ‘‘promoting’’; and 

22 (B) in subsection (f)(3), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

23 after the semicolon at the end. 


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1 SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

2 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 

3 Act amends, modifies, or limits the definition of the term 

4 ‘‘animal’’ in section 2 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 

5 2132) for purposes of that Act. 

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