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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5092 

To amend section 48 (relating to depiction of animal cruelty) of title 18, 

United States Code, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 21, 2010 

Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. 

FARR, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. GARY G. MILLER

of California, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. LINDER, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, 

Mr. UPTON, Mr. FORBES, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. 

WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, 

Mr. WOLF, Mr. ROYCE, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. CASTLE, Ms. 

MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. HARE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. GERLACH, Ms. LINDA

T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. OLVER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HALL of New 

York, Mr. FILNER, Mr. WEINER, Ms. WATSON, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KING of 

New York, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of 

California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mrs. BONO

MACK, Mr. COBLE, Mr. SCHOCK, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. LEWIS

of Georgia, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. HOLT, and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend section 48 (relating to depiction of animal cruelty) 

of title 18, United States Code, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. ANIMAL CRUSH VIDEOS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 48 of title 18, United 

3 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘§ 48. Animal crush videos 

5 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Whoever knowingly sells or of6 fers to sell an animal crush video in interstate or foreign 

7 commerce for commercial gain shall be fined under this 

8 title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 

9 ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub10 section (a) shall be construed to prohibit the selling or of11 fering to sell a video that depicts hunting. 

12 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

13 ‘‘(1) the term ‘animal crush video’ means any 

14 visual depiction, including any photograph, motion15 picture film, video recording, or electronic image, 

16 which depicts animals being intentionally crushed, 

17 burned, drowned, or impaled, that— 

18 ‘‘(A) depicts actual conduct in which a liv19 ing animal is tortured, maimed, or mutilated 

20 that violates any criminal prohibition on inten21 tional cruelty under Federal law or the law of 

22 the State in which the depiction is sold; and 

23 ‘‘(B) taken as a whole, does not have reli24 gious, political, scientific, educational, journal25 istic, historical, or artistic value; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) the term ‘State’ means each of the several 

2 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

3 of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 

4 Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

5 Islands, and any other commonwealth, territory, or 

6 possession of the United States.’’. 

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating 

8 to section 48 in the table of sections at the beginning of 

9 chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to 

10 read as follows: 

‘‘48. Animal crush videos.’’. 

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