,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hgbc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #aa1 #bjbf,mr4  
,bacon introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,animal ,welfare ,act to prohibit       
gambling on animal fighting ventures1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,fighting ,inhumane ,gambling and       
,high-risk ,trafficking ,act of #bjbf or
 the ,,fight ,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,animal
 fighting ,section #bf of the ,animal   
,welfare ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #baef7 is   
amended-- 7#a7 by striking the section  
designation and header and all that     
follows through ,it shall be unlawful in
 subsection 7a77#b7 and inserting the   
following3  #bf4 ,sponsoring or         
exhibiting an animal in1 attending1     
causing an individual who has not       
attained the age of #af to attend1 or   
gambling on1 an animal fighting venture 
7a7 ,sponsoring or exhibiting  7#a7 ,in 

general ,it shall be unlawful for any   
person to knowingly sponsor or exhibit  
an animal in an animal fighting venture4
  7#b7 ,attending or causing an         
individual who has not attained the age 
of #af to attend ,it shall be unlawful  
2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7a71 by adding
 at the end the following3  7#c7 ,animal
 venture gambling ,it shall be unlawful 
for any person to gamble on an animal   
fighting venture1 including an in-person
 or broadcast event4  4