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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. HIN-
CHEY, 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 Vir-
ginia, 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 Pennsyl-
vania, 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. MEE-
HAN, 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-
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS FOR ANI-
MAL FIGHTING.
(a) REMOVAL OF LIMITATION.—Section 26 of the
Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) is amended by strik-
ing subsection (d) and inserting the following:
‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES NOT SUBJECT TO PROHIBITION.—
This section does not apply to the selling, buying, trans-
porting, or delivery of animals in interstate or foreign
commerce for any purpose or purposes, so long as those
purposes do not include that of an animal fighting ven-
ture.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) takes effect on the date that is 30 days
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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