HR 1532 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act

Introduced Apr 1, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Roscoe G. Bartlett R-MD

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 7, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.

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.

  1. IntroducedApr 1, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to increase the imprisonment penalty for animal fighting violations from one year to two years. Makes it unlawful to sell, buy, transport, or deliver in interstate or foreign commerce a knife, gaff, or other sharp instrument used in a bird-fighting venture.

Revises enforcement provisions. Permits euthanasia for an animal in extreme pain.

Includes the Internet or any technology as interstate instrumentality.

Cosponsors 199

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 1, 2003 to Sep 8, 2004, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalApr 1, 2003
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalApr 1, 2003
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalApr 1, 2003
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalApr 1, 2003
R-COThomas G. TancredoOriginalApr 1, 2003
R-AZJim KolbeMay 6, 2003
D-CASam FarrMay 6, 2003
D-MABarney FrankMay 7, 2003
D-CABrad ShermanMay 7, 2003
D-MNCollin C. PetersonMay 7, 2003
R-GAJohn LinderMay 7, 2003
R-GAJohnny IsaksonMay 7, 2003
R-WIMark GreenMay 7, 2003
D-PAMichael F. DoyleMay 7, 2003
D-CAMike ThompsonMay 7, 2003
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 7, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
  2. Apr 1, 2003Introduced in House
  3. Apr 1, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 736Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement ActIdentical billMar 27, 2003

Subjects

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

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