Enforcement of animal fighting prohibitions
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(a) In General. Whoever violates subsection (a)(1), (b), (c), or (d) of section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act shall be , imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, for each violation.
(b) Attending an Animal Fighting Venture. Whoever violates subsection (a)(2)(A) of section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) shall be , imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both, for each violation.
(c) Causing an Individual Who Has Not Attained the Age of 16 To Attend an Animal Fighting Venture.—Whoever violates subsection (a)(2)(B) of section 26 (7 U.S.C. 2156) of the Animal Welfare Act shall be , imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both, for each violation.
History: (Added Pub. L. 110–22, §2(a), May 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 88; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, §14207(b), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1462; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title XIV, §14207(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2224; Pub. L. 113–79, title XII, §12308(b)(2), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 991; Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, §12616(d), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 5016.)
Simplified explanation
This section does not itself define the crimes; it sets the criminal penalties for breaking the animal fighting rules in section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act. It covers animal fighting ventures, attending them, and bringing a child under 16 to one.