Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992
PL 102-346 (S.544), enacted 08/26/1992

106 STAT. 928 
PUBLIC LAW 102-346—AUG. 26, 1992 
Public Law 102-346 
102d Congress 
An Act 
Aug. 26, 1992 
[S. 544] 
To protect animal enterprises. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
Animal 
the United States of 
America in Congress assembled, 
Enterprise 
Protection Act of SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
1992 
18 use 43 note 
This Act may be cited as the "Animal Enterprise Protection 
Act of 1992". 
SEC. 2. ANIMAL ENTERPRISE TERRORISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after section 42 the following: 
'^§ 43. Animal enterprise terrorism 
"(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever— 
"(1) travels in interstate or foreign commerce, or uses or 
causes to be used the mail or any facility in interstate or 
foreign commerce, for the purpose of causing physical disruption 
to the functioning of an animal enterprise; and 
"(2) intentionsdly causes physical disruption to the function-
ing of an animal enterprise by intentionally stealing, damaging, 
or causing the loss of, any property (including animals or 
records) used by the animal enterprise, and thereby causes 
economic damage exceeding $10,000 to that enterprise, or con-
spires to do so; 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one 
year, or both. 
"(b) AGGRAVATED OFFENSE.— 
"(1) SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.—Whoever in the course of a 
violation of subsection (a) causes serious bodily injury to 
Einother individual shall be fined imder this title or imprisoned 
not more than 10 years, or both. 
"(2) DEATH.—^Whoever in the course of a violation of sub-
section (a) causes the death of an individual shall be fined 
under this title and imprisoned for life or for any term of 
yeeirs. 
"(c) RESTITUTION.—^An order of restitution under section 3663 
of this title with respect to a violation of this section may also 
include restitution— 
"(1) for the reasonable cost of repeating any experimentation 
that was interrupted or invalidated as a result of the offense; 
and 
"(2) the loss of food production or farm income reasonably 
attributable to the offense. 
"(d) DEFINITIONS.—^As used in this section— 
"(1) the term 'animal enterprise' means— 
"(A) a commercial or academic enterprise that uses ani-
mals for food or fiber production, agriculture, research, 
or testing; 
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"(B) a zoo, aquarium, circus, rodeo, or lawful competitive 
animal event; or 
"(C) any fair or similar event intended to advance agricul-
tural arts and sciences; 
"(2) the term 'physical disruption' does not include any lawful 
disruption that results from lawful public, governmental, or 
animal enterprise employee reaction to the disclosure of 
information about an animal enterprise; 
"(3) the term 'economic damage' means the replacement costs 
of lost or damaged property or records, the costs of repeating 
an interrupted or invalidated experiment, or the loss of profits; 
and 
"(4) the term 'serious bodily injury has the meaning given 
that term in section 1365 of this title. 
"(e) NON-PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this section preempts any 
State law.". 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section 43 in 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 3 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"43. Animal enterprise terrorism.". 
SEC. 3. STUDY OF EFFECT OF TERRORISM ON CERTAIN ANIMAL 
18 USC 43 note. 
ENTERPRISES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Attorney General and the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall jointly conduct a study on the extent and effects 
of domestic and international terrorism on enterprises using ani-
mals for food or fiber production, agriculture, research, or testing. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF STUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall submit a report that describes the results 
of the study conducted under subsection (a) together with any 
appropriate recommendations and legislation to the Congress. 
Approved August 26, 1992. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 544 (H.R. 2407): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 102-498, Pt. 1 (Coram, on Agriculture) and Pt. 2 (Comm. on 
the Judiciary), both accompanying H.R. 2407. 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 137 (1991): Oct. 16, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 138 (1992): Aug. 4, H.R. 2407 considered and passed House; S. 544, amended, 
passed in lieu. 
Aug. 7, Senate concurred in House amendments.