S.Amdt. 3127Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)

S.Amdt. 3127

Sponsored by Ron WydenSen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Submitted June 26, 2018

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Senate amendment submitted

June 26, 2018

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SA 3127. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Booker, Mr. Heller,
and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of
agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture
through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 125___. EXTENDING PROHIBITION ON ANIMAL FIGHTING TO
UNITED STATES TERRITORIES.

(a) In General.--Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7
U.S.C. 2156) is amended--
(1) by striking the section designation and heading and all
that follows through ``paragraph (3), it'' in subsection
(a)(1) and inserting the following:

``SEC. 26. ANIMAL FIGHTING.

``(a) Sponsoring or Exhibiting Animal in, Attending, or
Causing Underage Individual To Attend, Animal Fighting
Venture.--
``(1) Sponsoring or exhibiting.--It'';

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(2) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3);
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) by striking ``subsection (e)'' and inserting
``subsection (d)''; and
(B) by inserting ``or'' before ``promoting'';
(4) by striking subsection (d);
(5) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), (i),
and (j) as subsections (d), (e), (i), (f), (g), and (h),
respectively, and moving the subsections so as to appear in
alphabetical order;
(6) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), in the third
sentence, by striking ``paragraph (f)'' and inserting
``subsection'';
(7) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), by striking
``(e)'' and inserting ``(d)''; and
(8) in paragraph (3) of subsection (i) (as so
redesignated), by adding ``and'' at the end.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 49(a) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``(e) of section
26 of the Animal Welfare Act'' and inserting ``(d) of section
26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156)''.
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