Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-666
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2013-04-08
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships

Crimes against animals and natural resources
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2013 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit any person from knowingly attending an animal fighting venture or causing a minor (a person under the age of 18) to attend such a venture. </p> <p>Subjects any person who: (1) knowingly attends such venture to a fine and/or imprisonment for up to a year for each violation, and (2) knowingly causes a minor to attend such venture to a fine and/or imprisonment for up to three years for each violation.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 666 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 8, 2013 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Kirk , Ms. Cantwell , Mr. Vitter , Ms. Ayotte , Ms. Collins , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Landrieu , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Mikulski , Mrs. Murray , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Thune , Mr. Wyden , and Mrs. Feinstein ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2013 . 2. Prohibition on attending an animal fight or causing a minor to attend an animal fight Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2156 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the heading, by striking Sponsoring or Exhibiting an Animal in and inserting Sponsoring or Exhibiting an Animal in, Attending, or Causing a Minor To Attend ; (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the heading, by striking In general and inserting Sponsoring or exhibiting ; and (ii) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting paragraph (3) ; (C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Attending or causing a minor to attend It shall be unlawful for any person— (A) to knowingly attend an animal fighting venture; or (B) to knowingly cause a minor to attend an animal fighting venture. ; and (2) in subsection (g)— (A) by striking section— and inserting section: ; (B) by striking the term each place it appears and inserting The term ; (C) in each of paragraphs (1) through (3), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; (D) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and (1), respectively, and moving so as to appear in numerical order; and (E) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) the following: (4) The term minor means a person under the age of 18 years old. . 3. Enforcement of animal fighting prohibitions Section 49 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking Whoever and inserting the following: (a) In general Whoever ; (2) in subsection (a) (as designated by paragraph (1)), by striking subsection (a), and inserting subsection (a)(1), ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (b) Attending an animal fighting venture Whoever violates subsection (a)(2)(A) of section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2156 ) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both, for each violation. (c) Causing a minor To attend an animal fighting venture Whoever violates subsection (a)(2)(B) of section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2156 ) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both, for each violation. .