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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 366 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 23, 2013 

Mr. MARINO (for himself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. MORAN, Mr. 

ROSKAM, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 

WELCH, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. 

GERLACH, Mr. DENT, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. KING of New York, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. LEWIS, and Mr. HIMES) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 

and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

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 new paragraph: 

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

24 ‘‘(A) knowingly attend an animal fighting 

25 venture; or 


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

2 animal fighting venture.’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 

4 following new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(5) the term ‘minor’ means a person under the 

6 age of 18 years old.’’. 

7 SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT OF ANIMAL FIGHTING PROHIBI8 TIONS. 

9 Section 49 of title 18, United States Code, is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘Whoever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 

12 IN GENERAL.—Whoever’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (a), as designated by para14 graph (1) of this section, by striking ‘‘subsection 

15 (a),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1),’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub17 sections: 

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

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

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

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

22 for each violation. 

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

24 FIGHTING VENTURE.—Whoever violates subsection 

25 (a)(2)(B) of section 26 (7 U.S.C. 2156) of the Animal 


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1 Welfare Act shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for 

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

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