I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2492 
To prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2011 
Mr. MARINO (for himself and Ms. SUTTON) 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 deter-
mined 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Animal Fighting Spec-
tator Prohibition Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ATTENDING AN ANIMAL FIGHT OR 
CAUSING A MINOR TO ATTEND AN ANIMAL 
FIGHT. 
Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 
2156) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SPON-
SORING OR EXHIBITING AN ANIMAL IN’’ and in-
serting ‘‘SPONSORING OR EXHIBITING AN ANI-
MAL IN, ATTENDING, OR CAUSING A MINOR TO 
ATTEND’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘IN 
GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘SPONSORING OR 
EXHIBITING’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) ATTENDING OR CAUSING A MINOR TO AT-
TEND.—It shall be unlawful for any person to— 
‘‘(A) knowingly attend an animal fighting 
venture; or 
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‘‘(B) cause a minor to attend an animal 
fighting venture.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) the term ‘minor’ means a person under the 
age of 18 years old.’’. 
SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT OF ANIMAL FIGHTING PROHIBI-
TIONS. 
Section 49 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Whoever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
IN GENERAL.—Whoever’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), as designated by para-
graph (1) of this section, by striking ‘‘subsection 
(a),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1),’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(b) ATTENDING AN ANIMAL FIGHTING VENTURE.— 
Whoever violates subsection (a)(2)(A) of section 26 of the 
Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) shall be fined under 
this title, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both, 
for each violation. 
‘‘(c) CAUSING A MINOR TO ATTEND AN ANIMAL 
FIGHTING
VENTURE.—Whoever 
violates 
subsection 
(a)(2)(B) of section 26 (7 U.S.C. 2156) of the Animal 
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Welfare Act shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for 
not more than 3 years, or both, for each violation.’’. 
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