I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5092 
To amend section 48 (relating to depiction of animal cruelty) of title 18, 
United States Code, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2010 
Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. 
FARR, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. GARY G. MILLER 
of California, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. LINDER, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, 
Mr. UPTON, Mr. FORBES, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, 
Mr. WOLF, Mr. ROYCE, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. CASTLE, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. HARE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. GERLACH, Ms. LINDA 
T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. OLVER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HALL of New 
York, Mr. FILNER, Mr. WEINER, Ms. WATSON, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. SHER-
MAN, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KING of 
New York, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of 
California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mrs. BONO 
MACK, Mr. COBLE, Mr. SCHOCK, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. LEWIS 
of Georgia, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. HOLT, and Mr. SMITH of Texas) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 48 (relating to depiction of animal cruelty) 
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, 
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SECTION 1. 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 sells or of-
fers to sell an animal crush video in interstate or foreign 
commerce for commercial gain shall be fined under this 
title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub-
section (a) shall be construed to prohibit the selling or of-
fering to sell a video that depicts hunting. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘animal crush video’ means any 
visual depiction, including any photograph, motion- 
picture film, video recording, or electronic image, 
which depicts animals being intentionally crushed, 
burned, drowned, or impaled, that— 
‘‘(A) depicts actual conduct in which a liv-
ing animal is tortured, maimed, or mutilated 
that violates any criminal prohibition on inten-
tional cruelty under Federal law or the law of 
the State in which the depiction is sold; and 
‘‘(B) taken as a whole, does not have reli-
gious, political, scientific, educational, journal-
istic, historical, or artistic value; and 
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‘‘(2) the term ‘State’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and any other commonwealth, territory, or 
possession of the United States.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING 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.’’. 
Æ 
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