,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #a1        
#bjag,mr4 ,roskam 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,nolan1 ,mr4 ,sherman1
 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,yoder1 ,mr4       
,knight1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of         
,illinois1 and ,mr4 ,buchanan7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,animal ,welfare ,act to prohibit animal
 fighting in ,united ,states            
territories4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,parity in     
,animal ,cruelty ,enforcement ,act or   
the ,,pace ,act4  #b4 ,extending        
prohibition on animal fighting to the   
territories ,section #bf of the ,animal 
,welfare ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #baef7 is   
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7
 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,except 
as provided in paragraph 7#c71 it and   
inserting ,it2 and  7,b7 by striking    
paragraph 7#c72  7#b7 by striking       

subsection 7d72 and  7#c7 by            
redesignating subsections 7e71 7f71 7g71
 7h71 7i71 and 7j7 as subsections 7d71  
7e71 7f71 7g71 7h71 and 7i71            
respectively4  #c4 ,conforming          
amendments related to redesignated      
subsection  7a7 ,use of ,postal ,service
 or ,other ,interstate                  
,instrumentalities ,section #bf7;c7 of  
the ,animal ,welfare ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#baef7;c77 is amended by striking 7e7   
and inserting 7d74  7b7 ,criminal       
penalties ,subsection 7i7 of section #bf
 of the ,animal ,welfare ,act 7#g       
,u4,s4,c4 #baef71 as redesignated by    
section #b7c71 is amended by striking   
7e7 and inserting 7d74  7c7 ,enforcement
 of animal fighting prohibitions        
,section #di7;a7 of title #ah1 ,united  
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
7e7 and inserting 7d74