I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 724 
To revise section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2019 
Mr. DEUTCH (for himself, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. BROWNLEY 
of California, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CLAY, 
Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CRIST, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. BUDD, Ms. DELAURO, 
Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. SWALWELL
of California, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
GONZALEZ of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. 
MURPHY, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. MAST, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 
O’HALLERAN, Mr. MEADOWS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MOULTON, 
Ms. MENG, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 
KEATING, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
CURTIS, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. 
TIPTON, Mr. TONKO, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. RYAN, Ms. 
FRANKEL, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. BASS, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MEEKS, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. 
KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of Tennessee, Ms. 
SHALALA, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. CORREA, Ms. 
GABBARD, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. 
BUCK, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. ZELDIN, 
Mr. TURNER, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. 
YOHO, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Mr. POSEY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mr. UPTON, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. RUPPERS-
BERGER, Mr. KATKO, Mr. COLE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. PETERS, 
Ms. TITUS, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. BERA, Ms. 
LEE of California, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. TED 
LIEU of California, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. PERRY, Mr. 
RASKIN, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. JOYCE 
of Ohio, Mr. NEAL, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. WITT-
MAN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. 
COHEN, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. PAL-
LONE, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. HECK, Mr. LOUDERMILK, 
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Mr. VELA, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. JUDY CHU of 
California, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SEAN PATRICK 
MALONEY of New York, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. DEFAZIO, and Ms. 
PLASKETT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To revise section 48 of title 18, United States Code, 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 ‘‘Preventing Animal 
Cruelty and Torture Act’’ or the ‘‘PACT Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REVISION OF SECTION 48. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 48 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 48. Animal crushing 
‘‘(a) OFFENSES.— 
‘‘(1) CRUSHING.—It shall be unlawful for any 
person to purposely engage in animal crushing in or 
affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within 
the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of 
the United States. 
‘‘(2) CREATION OF ANIMAL CRUSH VIDEOS.—It 
shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly create 
an animal crush video, if— 
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