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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 666 

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

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 

A BILL 

To prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, 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 the ‘‘Animal Fighting Spec5 tator Prohibition Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ATTENDING AN ANIMAL FIGHT OR 

2 CAUSING A MINOR TO ATTEND AN ANIMAL 

3 FIGHT. 

4 Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 

5 2156) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)— 

7 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SPON8 SORING OR EXHIBITING AN ANIMAL IN’’ and in9 serting ‘‘SPONSORING OR EXHIBITING AN ANI10 MAL IN, ATTENDING, OR CAUSING A MINOR TO

11 ATTEND’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

13 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘IN

14 GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘SPONSORING OR

15 EXHIBITING’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; 

18 (C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

19 paragraph (3); and 

20 (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(2) ATTENDING OR CAUSING A MINOR TO AT23 TEND.—It shall be unlawful for any person— 

24 ‘‘(A) to knowingly attend an animal fight25 ing venture; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) to knowingly cause a minor to attend 

2 an animal fighting venture.’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (g)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘section—’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘section:’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘the term’’ each place it 

7 appears and inserting ‘‘The term’’; 

8 (C) in each of paragraphs (1) through (3), 

9 by striking the semicolon at the end and insert10 ing a period; 

11 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

12 through (4) as paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and 

13 (1), respectively, and moving so as to appear in 

14 numerical order; and 

15 (E) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so 

16 redesignated) the following: 

17 ‘‘(4) The term ‘minor’ means a person under 

18 the age of 18 years old.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT OF ANIMAL FIGHTING PROHIBI20 TIONS. 

21 Section 49 of title 18, United States Code, is amend22 ed— 

23 (1) by striking ‘‘Whoever’’ and inserting the fol24 lowing: 

25 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever’’; 


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1 (2) in subsection (a) (as designated by para2 graph (1)), by striking ‘‘subsection (a),’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘subsection (a)(1),’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘(b) ATTENDING AN ANIMAL FIGHTING VENTURE.— 

6 Whoever violates subsection (a)(2)(A) of section 26 of the 

7 Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) shall be fined under 

8 this title, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both, 

9 for each violation. 

10 ‘‘(c) CAUSING A MINOR TO ATTEND AN ANIMAL

11 FIGHTING VENTURE.—Whoever violates subsection 

12 (a)(2)(B) of section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 

13 U.S.C. 2156) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned 

14 for not more than 3 years, or both, for each violation.’’. 

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