HR 1155 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend the Animal Welfare Act to strike the limitation that permits interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful.

Introduced Mar 21, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Collin C. Peterson D-MN

Latest action · May 15, 2001 Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 21, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Animal Welfare Act to eliminate the provision permitting interstate movement of live fighting birds if the fighting venture is to take place in a State allowing such fights.

Cosponsors 214

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 21, 2001 to Jul 26, 2002; 130 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-KY	Anne M. Northup	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-NY	Benjamin A. Gilman	Original	Mar 21, 2001
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MA	Bill Delahunt	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MN	Bill Luther	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-NH	Charles F. Bass	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-CT	Christopher Shays	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-MD	Constance A. Morella	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-PA	Curt Weldon	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-OR	Darlene Hooley	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-FL	Dave Weldon	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-IL	David D. Phelps	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-OR	David Wu	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-CA	Doug Ose	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-KY	Ed Whitfield	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-CA	Elton Gallegly	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-MI	Fred Upton	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MI	James A. Barcia	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-IA	James A. Leach	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-OH	James A. Traficant Jr.	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-PA	James C. Greenwood	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-SC	James E. Clyburn	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CT	James H. Maloney	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-WA	Jay Inslee	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-CA	Jerry Lewis	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-IL	Jerry Weller	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-NJ	Jim Saxton	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-FL	Joe Scarborough	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MA	John F. Tierney	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MA	John W. Olver	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-GA	Johnny Isakson	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-TX	Ken Bentsen	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-IL	Lane Evans	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MI	Lynn N. Rivers	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-NJ	Marge Roukema	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-WI	Mark Green	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CO	Mark Udall	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MN	Martin Olav Sabo	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-GA	Nathan Deal	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-FL	Peter Deutsch	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-PA	Phil English	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-IL	Philip M. Crane	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MA	Richard E. Neal	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-VA	Rick Boucher	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Borski	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-IL	Rod R. Blagojevich	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MI	Sander M. Levin	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-CA	Stephen Horn	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Tom Lantos	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-OH	Tony P. Hall	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Mar 21, 2001
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-IL	William O. Lipinski	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Mar 21, 2001
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Apr 3, 2001
D-WA	Brian Baird		Apr 3, 2001
R-MI	Dave Camp		Apr 3, 2001
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		Apr 3, 2001
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman		Apr 3, 2001
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		Apr 3, 2001
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Apr 3, 2001
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Apr 3, 2001
D-PA	Frank Mascara		Apr 24, 2001
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Apr 24, 2001
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		Apr 24, 2001
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Apr 24, 2001
D-WI	Ron Kind		Apr 24, 2001
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Apr 24, 2001
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Apr 24, 2001
D-CA	Xavier Becerra		Apr 24, 2001
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		May 2, 2001
D-CA	Calvin M. Dooley		May 2, 2001
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		May 2, 2001
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		May 2, 2001
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		May 2, 2001
D-CA	Barbara Lee		May 8, 2001
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		May 8, 2001
R-VA	Tom Davis		May 8, 2001
D-PA	William J. Coyne		May 8, 2001
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		May 10, 2001
R-NV	Jim Gibbons		May 10, 2001
R-CO	Joel Hefley		May 10, 2001
D-CT	John B. Larson		May 10, 2001
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi		May 16, 2001
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		May 16, 2001
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		May 25, 2001
D-CO	Diana DeGette		May 25, 2001
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		May 25, 2001
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		May 25, 2001
R-IL	John Shimkus		May 25, 2001
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		May 25, 2001
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		May 25, 2001
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		May 25, 2001
D-MI	David E. Bonior		Jun 14, 2001
R-OH	David L. Hobson		Jun 14, 2001
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Jun 14, 2001
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Jun 14, 2001
R-CA	Mary Bono		Jun 14, 2001
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Jun 14, 2001
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Jun 14, 2001
D-CA	Robert T. Matsui		Jun 14, 2001
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Jun 14, 2001
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jun 14, 2001
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jul 11, 2001
D-FL	Carrie P. Meek		Jul 11, 2001
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jul 11, 2001
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Jul 11, 2001
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Jul 11, 2001
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jul 11, 2001
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jul 11, 2001
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey		Jul 11, 2001
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Jul 25, 2001
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Jul 25, 2001
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jul 25, 2001
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Jul 25, 2001
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Jul 25, 2001
D-OH	Tom Sawyer		Jul 25, 2001
D-NC	Eva M. Clayton		Aug 2, 2001
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Aug 2, 2001
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Aug 2, 2001
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Aug 2, 2001
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard		Sep 13, 2001
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson		Sep 13, 2001
R-FL	Ric Keller		Sep 13, 2001
D-NY	Steve Israel		Sep 13, 2001
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Sep 13, 2001
R-IA	Jim Nussle		Oct 3, 2001
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Oct 3, 2001
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Oct 3, 2001
R-UT	James V. Hansen		Nov 7, 2001
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Dec 6, 2001
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis		Dec 19, 2001
R-NH	John E. Sununu		Dec 19, 2001
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Feb 12, 2002
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Feb 28, 2002
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Jun 20, 2002
R-GA	John Linder		Jul 18, 2002
D-CA	Jane Harman		Jul 26, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Mar 21, 2001
	Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee	Referred Mar 29, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 15, 2001Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Mar 29, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Mar 21, 2001Introduced in House
Mar 21, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 345	A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to strike the limitation that permits interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful.	Identical bill	Feb 15, 2001

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to strike the limitation that permits interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 21, 2001Introduced in House

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