US Congress House Bill 1494 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 182-101-1)
Status: Introduced on March 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act 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.

PACT Act Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act

Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]
Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]
Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Sen. Ted Budd [R-NC]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]
Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Drew Ferguson [R-GA]
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]
Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. John Faso [R-NY]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Barry Loudermilk [R-GA]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]
Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2017-03-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-03-10	House	Introduced in House

SB654 (Same As) 2017-12-15 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1494/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1494/BILLS-115hr1494ih.pdf