US Congress House Bill 2293 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 170-82-1)
Status: Introduced on May 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-01 - 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]

Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit intentionally engaging in animal crushing in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. (Current law prohibits knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video.) Adds exceptions for conduct that is for predator or pest control, medical or scientific research, or necessary to protect the life or property of a person from a serious threat caused by an animal.

Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act

Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]
Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Curt Clawson [R-FL]	Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]
Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]	Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-05-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-05-13	House	Introduced in House

SB1831 (Related) 2016-12-12 - Held at the desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2293/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2293/BILLS-114hr2293ih.pdf