PACE Act

Bill: 115-hr-4202
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2017-11-01
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships

Birds

Crimes against animals and natural resources

Federal preemption

Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Parity in Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act or the PACE Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the sponsoring or exhibiting of animal fights involving live birds (such as cockfights). Under current law, the fights are unlawful only if they take place in states or U.S. territories or possessions that have banned it.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4202 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 1, 2017 Mr. Roskam (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Nolan , Mr. Sherman , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Yoder , Mr. Knight , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , and Mr. Buchanan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit animal fighting in United States territories.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parity in Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act or the PACE Act . 2. Extending prohibition on animal fighting to the territories Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2156 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking Except as provided in paragraph (3), it and inserting It ; and (B) by striking paragraph (3); (2) by striking subsection (d); and (3) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) as subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively. 3. Conforming amendments related to redesignated subsection (a) Use of Postal Service or Other Interstate Instrumentalities Section 26(c) of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2156(c) ) is amended by striking (e) and inserting (d) . (b) Criminal penalties Subsection (i) of section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2156 ), as redesignated by section 2(3), is amended by striking (e) and inserting (d) . (c) Enforcement of animal fighting prohibitions Section 49(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking (e) and inserting (d) .