IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5566 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 22, 2010 
Received 
AUGUST 5, 2010 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit interstate 
commerce in animal crush videos, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prevention of Inter-
state Commerce in Animal Crush Videos Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Federal Government and the several 
States have a compelling interest in preventing ani-
mal cruelty. 
(2) Each of the several States and the District 
of Columbia criminalize intentional acts of animal 
cruelty. 
(3) The clandestine nature of certain acts of 
animal cruelty allows the perpetrators of such crimes 
to remain anonymous, thus frustrating the ability of 
Federal and State authorities to enforce the criminal 
statutes prohibiting such behavior. 
(4) These criminal acts constitute an integral 
part of the production of and market for so-called 
crush videos and other depictions of animal cruelty. 
(5) The creation and sale of crush videos pro-
vide an economic incentive for, and are intrinsically 
related to, the underlying acts of the criminal con-
duct. 
(6) The United States has a long history of 
prohibiting the interstate sale of obscene and illegal 
materials. 
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(7) Animal crush videos appeal to the prurient 
interest and are obscene. 
SEC. 3. ANIMAL CRUSH VIDEOS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 48 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 48. Animal crush videos 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Whoever knowingly and for the 
purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain 
sells or offers to sell, or distributes or offers to distribute, 
an animal crush video in interstate or foreign commerce 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
5 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subsection (a) does 
not prohibit the sale, distribution, or offer for sale or dis-
tribution, of any visual depiction of— 
‘‘(1) customary and normal veterinary or agri-
cultural husbandry practices; or 
‘‘(2) hunting, trapping, or fishing. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section the term ‘animal 
crush video’ means any obscene photograph, motion-pic-
ture film, video recording, or electronic image that depicts 
actual conduct in which one or more living animals is in-
tentionally crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, or im-
paled in a manner that would violate a criminal prohibi-
tion on cruelty to animals under Federal law or the law 
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of the State in which the depiction is created, sold, distrib-
uted, or offered for sale or distribution.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to 
section 48 in the table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘48. Animal crush videos.’’. 
SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS PROVISION. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives, provided that such statement 
has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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