,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #gbd ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,january #bc1 #bjai,mr4 ,deutch 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,buchanan1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,aguilar1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester1 ,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,chabot1 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,mr4 ,calvert1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mrs4 ,demings1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mrs4 ,murphy1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,mast1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,o',halleran1 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,curtis1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,sherman1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4 ,schrader1 ,mr4 ,tipton1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 ,ms4 ,frankel1 ,mr4 ,price of ,north ,carolina1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new ,hampshire1 ,mr4 ,john ,w4 ,rose of ,tennessee1 ,ms4 ,shalala1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mrs4 ,lowey1 ,mr4 ,correa1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,marshall1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,buck1 ,mr4 ,schweikert1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,ms4 ,herrera ,beutler1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 ,miss ,rice of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,sablan1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,upton1 ,ms4 ,clark of ,massachusetts1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,mr4 ,katko1 ,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mrs4 ,axne1 ,mr4 ,bera1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,perry1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,ms4 ,hill of ,california1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4 ,joyce of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,neal1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1 ,mr4 ,wittman1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mrs4 ,torres of ,california1 ,mr4 ,williams1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,california1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,gottheimer1 ,mr4 ,mc,eachin1 ,mr4 ,heck1 ,mr4 ,loudermilk1 ,mr4 ,vela1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,ms4 ,slotkin1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,schneider1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 and ,ms4 ,plaskett7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,a ,,bill ,to revise section #dh of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,preventing ,animal ,cruelty and ,torture ,act or the ,,pact ,act4 #b4 ,revision of section #dh 7a7 ,in general ,section #dh of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended to read as follows3 #dh4 ,animal crushing 7a7 ,offenses 7#a7 ,crushing ,it shall be unlawful for any person to purposely engage in animal crushing in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the ,united ,states4 7#b7 ,creation of animal crush videos ,it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly create an animal crush video1 if-- 7,a7 the person intends or has reason to know that the animal crush video will be distributed in1 or using a means or facility of1 interstate or foreign commerce2 or 7,b7 the animal crush video is distributed in1 or using a means or facility of1 interstate or foreign commerce4 7#c7 ,distribution of animal crush videos ,it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell1 market1 advertise1 exchange1 or distribute an animal crush video in1 or using a means or facility of1 interstate or foreign commerce4 7b7 ,extraterritorial application ,this section applies to the knowing sale1 marketing1 advertising1 exchange1 distribution1 or creation of an animal crush video outside of the ,united ,states1 if-- 7#a7 the person engaging in such conduct intends or has reason to know that the animal crush video will be transported into the ,united ,states or its territories or possessions2 or 7#b7 the animal crush video is transported into the ,united ,states or its territories or possessions4 7c7 ,penalties ,whoever violates this section shall be fined under this title1 imprisoned for not more than #g years1 or both4 7d7 ,exceptions 7#a7 ,in general ,this section does not apply with regard to any conduct1 or a visual depiction of that conduct1 that is-- 7,a7 a customary and normal veterinary1 agricultural husbandry1 or other animal management practice2 7,b7 the slaughter of animals for food2 7,c7 hunting1 trapping1 fishing1 a sporting activity not otherwise prohibited by ,federal law1 predator control1 or pest control2 7,d7 medical or scientific research2 7,e7 necessary to protect the life or property of a person2 or 7,f7 performed as part of euthanizing an animal4 7#b7 ,good-faith distribution ,this section does not apply to the good-faith distribution of an animal crush video to-- 7,a7 a law enforcement agency2 or 7,b7 a third party for the sole purpose of analysis to determine if referral to a law enforcement agency is appropriate4 7#c7 ,unintentional conduct ,this section does not apply to unintentional conduct that injures or kills an animal4 7#d7 ,consistency with rfra ,this section shall be enforced in a manner that is consistent with section #c of the ,religious ,freedom ,restoration ,act of #aiic 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bjjj;bb-#a74 7e7 ,no preemption ,nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt the law of any ,state or local subdivision thereof to protect animals4 7f7 ,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the term animal crushing means actual conduct in which one or more living non-human mammals1 birds1 reptiles1 or amphibians is purposely crushed1 burned1 drowned1 suffocated1 impaled1 or otherwise subjected to serious bodily injury 7as defined in section #acfe and including conduct that1 if committed against a person and in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the ,united ,states1 would violate section #bbda or #bbdb72 7#b7 the term animal crush video means any photograph1 motion-picture film1 video or digital recording1 or electronic image that-- 7,a7 depicts animal crushing2 and 7,b7 is obscene2 and 7#c7 the term euthanizing an animal means the humane destruction of an animal accomplished by a method that-- 7,a7 produces rapid unconsciousness and subsequent death without evidence of pain or distress2 or 7,b7 uses anesthesia produced by an agent that causes painless loss of consciousness and subsequent death4 4 7b7 ,technical and conforming amendment ,the table of sections for chapter #c of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by striking the item relating to section #dh and inserting the following3 #dh4 ,animal crushing4 4