U.S. Congress - S.261 Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007
S.261 - Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)
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- Short: Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007 as reported to senate.
- Official: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007 as introduced.
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A bill to increase the penalties to three years (max.) in prison for holding animal fights, or sponsoring and exhibiting an animal in such a fight. This bill also makes it illegal to sell animals or weapons that are intended for use in an animal fight.Official Summary
3/26/2007--Reported to Senate amended. Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful to knowingly sponsor or exhibit an animal in an animal fighting venture if any animal in the venture was moved in interstate or foreign commerceOfficial Summary
3/26/2007--Reported to Senate amended. Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful to knowingly sponsor or exhibit an animal in an animal fighting venture if any animal in the venture was moved in interstate or foreign commerce. Prohibits knowingly:(1) sponsoring or exhibiting a bird in a fighting venture in a state where it would not otherwise be a violation of the law if the person knew that any bird in the venture was knowingly bought, sold, delivered, transported, or received in interstate or foreign commerce for such purpose;
(2) selling, buying, transporting, delivering, or receiving for purposes of transportation, in interstate or foreign commerce, any dog or other animal to participate in an animal fighting venture;
(3) using the mails or any instrumentality of interstate commerce for commercial speech to promote an animal fighting venture, except as performed outside the limits of the states (with an exception for bird fights in states whose laws allow them); or
(4) selling, buying, transporting, or delivering in interstate or foreign commerce a knife, gaff, or other sharp instrument for attachment to the leg of a bird for use in an animal fighting venture. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to three years for violations. Repeals lesser penalties imposed by the Animal Welfare Act.
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(27) Voegelin, Die Krise, S. 261. Voegelin zitiert ein Saint-Simonstisches Dokument: âHalten wir uns, wie de Maistre sagt, für ein ungeheures Ereignis bereit, auf das wir uns mit einer Geschwindigkeit zu bewegen, die alle Beobachter ...
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Da Städte als âheterogene Milieusâ und âOrt der Begegnung mit dem Fremden schlechthinâ gelten können (S. 261), liegt die Vermutung einer Konzentration transnationaler Räume in Städten nahe. Auf der einen Seite zeige sich, ..
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