I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5566 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit interstate commerce 
in animal crush videos, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2010 
Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 
WHITFIELD, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. DJOU, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. DENT, 
Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. 
POMEROY, Mr. WOLF, Ms. KILROY, Mr. HARPER, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. 
JONES, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. HALL of New 
York, Mr. CRENSHAW, Ms. KOSMAS, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, 
Mr. ROYCE, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. 
LOBIONDO, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. BROWN of South Caro-
lina, Mr. CAMP, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CARNEY, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE of Texas, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. KING of 
New York, Mr. COBLE, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. FORBES, Mr. SENSEN-
BRENNER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. LEWIS 
of California, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. CARTER, Ms. GRANGER, 
Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. COLE, Mr. WILSON of South 
Carolina, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. MICA, Mr. MARIO DIAZ- 
BALART of Florida, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. FRANKS of 
Arizona, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. SPEIER, 
Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. 
DUNCAN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. ROGERS of Michi-
gan, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. ALEXANDER, 
Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. LATTA, Mr. COHEN, 
Mr. BACHUS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. 
EHLERS, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. HELLER, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. AKIN, Mr. LIN-
DER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. LEE of New York, Mr. WELCH, Mr. FARR, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. 
KINGSTON, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. 
COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. 
AUSTRIA, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. POSEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. 
HOLT, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. LOEBSACK, 
Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. 
FORTENBERRY, Mr. LANCE, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. DELAURO, 
Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 
Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 
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CARSON of Indiana, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 
OLSON, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. TEAGUE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. SHULER, 
Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WAMP, Mr. BONNER, 
Mr. TIBERI, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. CROWLEY, 
Mr. CLAY, Mr. HARE, Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, Mr. CLEAVER, Mrs. DAVIS of 
California, Mrs. BONO MACK, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BRADY of 
Texas, Mr. CAO, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Ms. FALLIN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 
TIAHRT, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. PAULSEN, 
Ms. CHU, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. PERRIELLO, Mr. RYAN of Wis-
consin, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. 
DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. ROTHMAN of New 
Jersey, Mr. ANDREWS, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. OBERSTAR, Ms. 
SHEA-PORTER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. THOMP-
SON of California, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. PATRICK J. 
MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. VAN 
HOLLEN, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 
Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. WALZ, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. GUTHRIE, Ms. 
LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. 
LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. 
LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. WU, Mr. KIRK, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. POLIS of Colo-
rado, Mr. CANTOR, Mrs. CAPPS, and Mr. INSLEE) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
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, 
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: 
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(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. 
(7) Animal crush videos appeal to the prurient 
interest and are obscene. 
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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) DEFINITIONS.—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 
of the State in which the depiction is created, sold, distrib-
uted, or offered for sale or distribution.’’. 
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