1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2013”.
Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2013
A BILL
To prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture, and for other purposes.
2. Prohibition on attending an animal fight or causing a minor to attend an animal fight
Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in the heading, by striking “Sponsoring or Exhibiting an Animal in” and inserting “Sponsoring or Exhibiting an Animal in, Attending, or Causing a Minor To Attend”;
in paragraph (1)—
in the heading, by striking “In general” and inserting “Sponsoring or exhibiting”; and
by striking “paragraph (2)” and inserting “paragraph (3)”;
by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
“(2) Attending or causing a minor to attend—It shall be unlawful for any person—
“(A) to knowingly attend an animal fighting venture; or
“(B) to knowingly cause a minor to attend an animal fighting venture.”
in subsection (g)—
by striking “section—” and inserting “section:”;
by striking “the term” each place it appears and inserting “The term”;
in each of paragraphs (1) through (3), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period;
by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and (1), respectively, and moving so as to appear in numerical order; and
by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) the following:
“(4) The term minor means a person under the age of 18 years old.”
3. Enforcement of animal fighting prohibitions
Section 49 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
by striking “Whoever” and inserting the following:
“(a) In general—Whoever”
in subsection (a) (as designated by paragraph (1)), by striking “subsection (a),” and inserting “subsection (a)(1),”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(b) Attending an animal fighting venture—Whoever violates subsection (a)(2)(A) of section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both, for each violation.
“(c) Causing a minor To attend an animal fighting venture—Whoever violates subsection (a)(2)(B) of section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both, for each violation.”