,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,marino 7for himself1 ,mr4         
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,campbell1 ,mr4 ,moran1
 ,mr4 ,roskam1 ,mr4 ,grimm1 ,mr4        
,coffman1 ,mr4 ,tierney1 ,mr4 ,langevin1
 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,israel1 ,mr4 ,smith 
of ,new ,jersey1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4  
,gerlach1 ,mr4 ,dent1 ,mr4 ,gutierrez1  
,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,loretta 
,sanchez of ,california1 ,mr4 ,lewis1   
and ,mr4 ,himes7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit attendance of an
 animal fighting venture1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,animal ,fighting   

,spectator ,prohibition ,act of #bjac4  
#b4 ,prohibition on attending an animal 
fight or causing a minor to attend an   
animal fight ,section #bf of the ,animal
 ,welfare ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #baef7 is  
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a7--     
7,a7 in the heading1 by striking        
,sponsoring or ,exhibiting an ,animal in
 and inserting ,sponsoring or           
,exhibiting an ,animal in1 ,attending1  
or ,causing a ,minor ,to ,attend2  7,b7 
in paragraph 7#a7--  7i7 in the heading1
 by striking ,in general and inserting  
,sponsoring or ,exhibiting2 and  7ii7 by
 striking paragraph 7#b7 and inserting  
paragraph 7#c72  7,c7 by redesignating  
paragraph 7#b7 as paragraph 7#c72 and   
7,d7 by inserting after paragraph 7#a7  
the following new paragraph3  7#b7      
,attending or causing a minor to attend 
,it shall be unlawful for any person    
to--  7,a7 knowingly attend an animal   
fighting venture2 or  7,b7 knowingly    
cause a minor to attend an animal       
fighting venture4  2 and  7#b7 in       

subsection 7g71 by adding at the end the
 following new paragraph3  7#e7 the term
 minor means a person under the age of  
#ah years old4  4  #c4 ,enforcement of  
animal fighting prohibitions ,section   
#di of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended--  7#a7 by striking ,whoever
 and inserting 7a7 ,in                  
general4--,whoever2  7#b7 in subsection 
7a71 as designated by paragraph 7#a7 of 
this section1 by striking subsection    
7a71 and inserting subsection 7a77#a712 
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following new subsections3  7b7         
,attending an animal fighting venture   
,whoever violates subsection            
7a77#b77;,a7 of section #bf of the      
,animal ,welfare ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4     
#baef7 shall be fined under this title1 
imprisoned for not more than #a year1 or
 both1 for each violation4  7c7 ,causing
 a minor ,to attend an animal fighting  
venture ,whoever violates subsection    
7a77#b77;,b7 of section #bf 7#g         
,u4,s4,c4 #baef7 of the ,animal ,welfare

 ,act shall be fined under this title1  
imprisoned for not more than #c years1  
or both1 for each violation4  4