US HB2492 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

US Congress House Bill 2492 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 150-78)
Status: Introduced on July 11 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-08-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2011 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit any person from knowingly attending an animal fighting venture or causing a minor (a person under the age of 18) to attend such a venture. Subjects any person who: (1) knowingly attends such venture to a fine and/or imprisonment for up to a year for each violation, and (2) causes a minor to attend such venture to a fine and/or imprisonment for up to three years for each violation.

Title

Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2011

Sponsors

Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]
Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Charles Bass [R-NH]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Hansen Clarke [D-MI]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Mark Critz [D-PA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Norman Dicks [D-WA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]
Rep. Frank Guinta [R-NH]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Nan Hayworth [R-NY]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]
Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]
Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. David Rivera [R-FL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Schilling [R-IL]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Joe Walsh [R-IL]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Allen West [R-FL]
Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2011-07-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
2011-07-11	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2011-07-11	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2011-07-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Same As/Similar To

SB1947 (Same As) 2012-12-07 - Referred to House Judiciary
SB3240 (Related) 2012-08-28 - By Senator Stabenow from Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/02/2012. Report No. 112-203. Additional views filed.