PACT Act
Latest action · Dec 15, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 15, 2017
- Passed SenateDec 14, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act or the PACT Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise and expand provisions with respect to animal crushing.
It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The bill also adds a new provision to criminalize an intentional act of animal crushing. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both.
It provides additional exceptions for conduct, or a video of conduct, including conduct that is: (1) medical or scientific research, (2) necessary to protect the life or property of a person, (3) performed as part of euthanizing an animal, or (4) unintentional.
Cosponsors 36
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2017 to Dec 19, 2017; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Mar 15, 2017 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Mar 15, 2017 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 15, 2017 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | May 9, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | May 10, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | May 11, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | May 22, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | May 22, 2017 | |
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | May 25, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 25, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Jun 6, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jun 12, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Jun 26, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Jul 10, 2017 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Jul 10, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Jul 25, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Aug 3, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 25, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Oct 5, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Oct 5, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Oct 17, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Oct 19, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Oct 24, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Oct 30, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Nov 2, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Nov 6, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Nov 16, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Nov 30, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Dec 1, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Dec 12, 2017 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Dec 18, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Dec 19, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2017Discharged Dec 14, 2017 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 15, 2017 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2017Received in the House.
- Dec 15, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Dec 14, 2017Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8049)
- Dec 14, 2017Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8049)
- Dec 14, 2017Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8049)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8049Text printed S8049 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Dec 14, 2017 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to revise section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- PACT Act
- Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- PACT Act
- Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2017Engrossed in Senate
- Mar 15, 2017Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
