I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3327 
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit dog fighting ventures. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2007 
Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. CALVERT, 
Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. 
COSTELLO, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. UPTON, Mr. 
LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. BER-
MAN, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. LOWEY, 
Mr. WOLF, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. COBLE, Mr. BURTON of Indi-
ana, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. EVER-
ETT, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
JONES of North Carolina, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. WATSON, Mr. MORAN of Vir-
ginia, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. MCHUGH, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. 
FORBES, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. WEINER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 
ACKERMAN, Mrs. MYRICK, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. 
CAMPBELL of California, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. LANTOS, 
and Mrs. BIGGERT 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 determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit dog fighting 
ventures. 
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 ‘‘Federal Dog Protec-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON DOG FIGHTING VENTURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 26 of the Animal Welfare 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) is amended to read as follows: 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘any person to knowingly 
sponsor’’ and inserting ‘‘any person— 
‘‘(A) to knowingly sponsor’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’ and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) to knowingly sponsor or exhibit an 
animal in, or knowingly attend, a dog fighting 
venture.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘any person to knowingly 
sell’’ and inserting ‘‘any person— 
‘‘(A) to knowingly sell’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’ and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) to knowingly sell, buy, possess, train, 
transport, deliver, or receive for purposes of 
transportation, any dog or other animal, for the 
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purposes of having the dog or other animal, or 
offspring of the dog or other animal, participate 
in a dog fighting venture.’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) Use of Postal Service or other interstate instru-
mentality 
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly use the 
mail service of the United States Postal Service or any 
instrumentality of interstate commerce for commercial 
speech that promotes, or in any other manner furthers, 
the actions prohibited by subsections (a), (b), or (e).’’; 
(4) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘by the United 
States’’ before ‘‘for care of animals seized and for-
feited’’.; 
(5)(A) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), 
and (i) as subsections (h), (i), and (j), respectively; 
and 
(B) by inserting before subsection (h) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(g) SUPPLEMENTAL ENFORCEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of 
this subsection, any animal control agency, humane 
society, or society for the prevention of cruelty to 
animals may commence a civil suit to enjoin any pri-
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vate party who is alleged to be in violation of any 
provision of this section concerning animal fighting. 
‘‘(2) No action may be commenced under this 
subsection prior to sixty days after written notice of 
the violation has been given to the Secretary of Agri-
culture and to any alleged violator of any provision 
of this section, except that such action may be 
brought immediately after such notification in the 
case of an action under this subsection respecting an 
emergency posing an immediate risk of death or 
grievous suffering to the well-being of any animal 
covered by this section. 
‘‘(3) In any suit under this subsection in which 
the United States is not a party, the Attorney Gen-
eral, at the request of the Secretary, may intervene 
on behalf of the United States as a matter of right. 
‘‘(4) The court, in issuing any final order in 
any suit under this subsection, may award costs of 
litigation to any party, whenever the court deter-
mines such award is appropriate. 
‘‘(5) The injunctive relief provided by this sub-
section shall not restrict any right which any person 
may have under any statute or common law to seek 
enforcement of any standard or limitation or to seek 
any other relief.’’; and 
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(6) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 
paragraph (7); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 
following: 
‘‘(6) the term ‘dog fighting venture’— 
‘‘(A) means any event that— 
‘‘(i) involves a fight between at least 
2 animals; 
‘‘(ii) includes at least one dog; and 
‘‘(iii) is conducted for purposes of 
sport, wagering, or entertainment; and 
‘‘(B) does not include any activity the pri-
mary purpose of which involves the use of 1 or 
more animals to hunt another animal.’’. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT OF ANIMAL FIGHTING PROHIBI-
TIONS.—Section 49 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘(or in the case of a dog fighting 
venture (as defined in section 26(g) of that Act) not more 
than 5 years)’’ before ‘‘, or both’’. 
Æ 
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