Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act | The Humane Society of the United States

Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act

Bill Number: H.R. 137 & S. 261
Bill Status: Signed into Law
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Reps. Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)
Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John Ensign (R-NV), Arlen Specter (R-PA), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Legislature Status: In Session

To upgrade current penalties by authorizing felony-level jail time (up to three years) for violations of the federal animal fighting law, and to prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of cockfighting weapons.

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