,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #biga  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bd1      
#bjah,mr4 ,booker 7for himself and ,mr4 
,blumenthal7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1      
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,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       
,united ,states territories  7a7 ,in    
general ,section #bf of the ,animal     
,welfare ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #baef7 is   
amended--  7#a7 by striking the section 
designation and heading and all that    
follows through paragraph 7#c71 it in   
subsection 7a77#a7 and inserting the    
following3  #bf4 ,animal fighting  7a7  
,sponsoring or exhibiting animal in1    
attending1 or causing underage          

individual ,to attend1 animal fighting  
venture  7#a7 ,sponsoring or exhibiting 
,it  2  7#b7 in subsection 7a71 by      
striking paragraph 7#c72  7#c7 in       
subsection 7c7--  7,a7 by striking      
subsection 7e7 and inserting subsection 
7d72 and  7,b7 by inserting or before   
promoting2  7#d7 by striking subsection 
7d72  7#e7 by redesignating subsections 
7e71 7f71 7g71 7h71 7i71 and 7j7 as     
subsections 7d71 7e71 7i71 7f71 7g71 and
 7h71 respectively1 and moving the      
subsections so as to appear in          
alphabetical order2  7#f7 in subsection 
7e7 7as so redesignated71 in the third  
sentence1 by striking paragraph 7f7 and 
inserting subsection2  7#g7 in          
subsection 7h7 7as so redesignated71 by 
striking 7e7 and inserting 7d72 and     
7#h7 in paragraph 7#c7 of subsection 7i7
 7as so redesignated71 by adding and at 
the end4  7b7 ,conforming amendment     
,section #di7;a7 of title #ah1 ,united  
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
7e7 of section #bf of the ,animal       

,welfare ,act and inserting 7d7 of      
section #bf of the ,animal ,welfare ,act
 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #baef74