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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1155

To amend the Animal Welfare Act to strike the limitation that permits

interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States

in which animal fighting is lawful.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 21, 2001

Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. CUMMINGS,

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. COSTELLO, Mrs. LOWEY,

Mr. CLAY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. WYNN, Mr. SABO, Ms.

MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. SHAW, Mr. BARTLETT of

Maryland, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. WU, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr.

GILMAN, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. OSE, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr.

BENTSEN, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr.

DELAHUNT, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. UPTON, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr.

ENGEL, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. CRANE, Mr.

BALDACCI, Mr. WOLF, Mr. OLVER, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mrs.

MORELLA, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. LEACH, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr.

GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. STARK, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. SANDERS, Ms.

SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SMITH of

New Jersey, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr.

HORN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. BOUCHER, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr.

THOMPSON of California, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. TOWNS, Mr.

LUTHER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. GALLEGLY, Ms. SANCHEZ,

Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. WHITFIELD, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. CONYERS,

Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania,

Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mrs. JONES of

Ohio, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. NADLER,

Mr. BERMAN, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mrs. NORTHUP, Mr.

WELLER, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr.

LANTOS, Mr. BASS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. BROWN of Florida,

Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. HYDE, Mr. POMEROY,

Mr. SAXTON, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr.

DICKS, Mr. FRANK, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mrs. CAPPS,

Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. FIL-
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•HR 1155 IH

NER, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, and Mr. GREENWOOD) introduced the following

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Animal Welfare Act to strike the limitation

that permits interstate movement of live birds, for the

purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting

is lawful.

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

3 SECTION 1. INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS FOR ANI4 MAL FIGHTING.

5 (a) REMOVAL OF LIMITATION.—Section 26 of the

6 Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) is amended by strik7 ing subsection (d) and inserting the following:

8 ‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES NOT SUBJECT TO PROHIBITION.—

9 This section does not apply to the selling, buying, trans10 porting, or delivery of animals in interstate or foreign

11 commerce for any purpose or purposes, so long as those

12 purposes do not include that of an animal fighting ven13 ture.’’.

14 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

15 subsection (a) takes effect on the date that is 30 days

16 after the date of enactment of this Act.

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