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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 345

 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to strike the limitation that permits 
  interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to 
               States in which animal fighting is lawful.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 15, 2001

   Mr. Allard (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Warner, Mr. Daschle, Mr. 
   Akaka, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
Leahy, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Smith of New 
    Hampshire, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Reid, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
   Sarbanes, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
   DeWine, Ms. Collins, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. 
  Brownback) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Animal Welfare Act to strike the limitation that permits 
  interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to 
               States in which animal fighting is lawful.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS FOR ANIMAL FIGHTING.

    (a) Removal of Limitation.--Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 
U.S.C. 2156) is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(d) Activities Not Subject to Prohibition.--This section does not 
apply to the selling, buying, transporting, or delivery of animals in 
interstate or foreign commerce for any purpose or purposes, so long as 
those purposes do not include that of an animal fighting venture.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
effect on the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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