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Union Calendar No. 215

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1791

[Report No. 106–372]

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for harming

animals used in Federal law enforcement.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 13, 1999

Mr. WELLER (for himself, Mr. ROTHMAN, and Mr. CHABOT) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

OCTOBER 12, 1999

Additional sponsors: Mr. ENGLISH, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. FARR

of California, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr.

GOODE, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. STENHOLM, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. METCALF, Mr.

KOLBE, Mr. COOK, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, and Mr.

EVANS

OCTOBER 12, 1999

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties

for harming animals used in Federal law enforcement.
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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 ‘‘Federal Law Enforce5 ment Animal Protection Act of 1999’’.

6 SEC. 2. HARMING ANIMALS USED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 65 of title 18, United

8 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing:

10 ‘‘§ 1368. Harming animals used in law enforcement

11 ‘‘(a) Whoever willfully harms any police animal, or

12 attempts or conspires to do so, shall be fined under this

13 title and imprisoned not more than one year. If the offense

14 disables or disfigures the animal, or causes the death of

15 the animal, the maximum term of imprisonment shall be

16 10 years.

17 ‘‘(b) In this section, the term ‘police animal’ means

18 a dog or horse employed by a Federal agency (whether

19 in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch) for the

20 principal purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal ac21 tivity, enforcement of laws, or apprehension of criminal

22 offenders’’.

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

24 at the beginning of chapter 65 of title 18, United States
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1 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new

2 item:

‘‘1368. Harming animals used in law enforcement.’’.

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Law Enforce5 ment Animal Protection Act of 1999’’.

6 SEC. 2. HARMING ANIMALS USED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 65 of title 18, United

8 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘§ 1368. Harming animals used in law enforcement

10 ‘‘(a) Whoever willfully and maliciously harms any po11 lice animal, or attempts to conspires to do so, shall be fined

12 under this title and imprisoned not more than one year.

13 If the offense permanently disables or disfigures the animal,

14 or causes serious bodily injury or the death of the animal,

15 the maximum term of imprisonment shall be 10 years.

16 ‘‘(b) In this section, the term ‘police animal’ means

17 a dog or horse employed by a Federal agency (whether in

18 the executive, legislative, or judicial branch) for the prin19 cipal purpose of aiding in the detection of criminal activity,

20 enforcement of laws, or apprehension of criminal offend21 ers.’’.

22 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at

23 the beginning of chapter 65 of title 18, United States Code,

24 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

‘‘1368. Harming animals used in law enforcement.’’.

Union Calendar No. 215

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1791

[Report No. 106–372]

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide

penalties for harming animals used in Federallaw enforcement.

OCTOBER 12, 1999

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

and ordered to be printed