7 U.S.C. 2156: Animal fighting venture prohibition

2018

• Pub. L. 115–334, §12616(a)(1)(A), substituted "It" for "Except as provided in paragraph (3), it". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §12616(a)(1)(B), struck out par. (3). Text read as follows: "With respect to fighting ventures involving live birds in a State where it would not be in violation of the law, it shall be unlawful under this subsection for a person to sponsor or exhibit a bird in the … (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §12616(b), substituted "(d)" for "(e)". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (c)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §12616(a)(2), (3), redesignated subsecs. (e) to (i) as (d) to (h), respectively, and struck out former subsec. (d). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (d) read as follows: "Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), the activities prohibited by such sub… (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (d), (e), (f), (g), (h)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §12616(c), substituted "(d)" for "(e)". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (i)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §12616(a)(3), redesignated subsec. (j) as (i). Former subsec. (i) redesignated (h). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (i)
• Pub. L. 115–334, §12616(a)(3), redesignated subsec. (j) as (i). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (j)

2014

• Pub. L. 113–79, §12308(b)(1)(A), substituted "Sponsoring or exhibiting an animal in, attending, or causing an individual who has not attained the age of 16 to attend," for "Sponsoring or exhibiting an animal in" in heading. (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 113–79, §12308(b)(1)(B)(i), (ii), substituted "Sponsoring or exhibiting" for "In general" in heading and "paragraph (3)" for "paragraph (2)" in text. (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 113–79, §12308(b)(1)(B)(iii), (iv), added par. (2) and redesignated former par. (2) as (3). (Agricultural Act of 2014) Law text · (a), (3)

2008

• Pub. L. 110–246, §14207(a)(1)(A), struck out ", if any animal in the venture was moved in interstate or foreign commerce" before period at end. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §14207(a)(1)(B), which directed amendment of par. (2) by substituting "State" for "state" in heading, was executed by making the substitution for "states" in heading, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §14207(a)(2), inserted heading and substituted "possess, train, transport, deliver, or receive any animal for purposes of having the animal participate" for "transport, deliver, or receive for purposes of transportation, in interstate or foreign commerce, any dog or ot… (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (b)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §14207(a)(3), inserted heading and inserted "advertising an animal, or an instrument described in subsection (e), for use in an animal fighting venture," after "for purposes of". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (c)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §14207(a)(4), inserted heading. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (d)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §14207(a)(5), inserted heading. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (e)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §14207(a)(6), inserted heading and, in last sentence, struck out "by the United States" after "Costs incurred", inserted "(1)" after "owner of the animals", and substituted "proceeding, or (2) in" for "proceeding or in". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (f)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §14207(a)(7), inserted subsec. heading, in introductory provisions, substituted "In this section" for "For purposes of this section", in par. (1), substituted "any event, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, that involves a fight conducted or to be conducted… (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (g)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §14207(a)(11), redesignated subsec. (g)(6) as (h). (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (g)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §14207(a)(11), redesignated subsec. (g)(6) as (h), inserted heading, and substituted "The" for "the". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (h)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §14207(a)(8), redesignated subsec. (h) as (i). (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (h)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §14207(a)(8), (9), redesignated subsec. (h) as (i) and inserted subsec. and par. (1) headings. Former subsec. (i) redesignated (j). (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (i)
• Pub. L. 110–246, §14207(a)(8), (10), redesignated subsec. (i) as (j) and inserted heading. (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (j)

2007

• Pub. L. 110–22, §3(1), substituted "instrumentality of interstate commerce for commercial speech" for "interstate instrumentality". (Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007) Law text · (c)
• Pub. L. 110–22, §3(2), substituted "such subsection" for "such subsections". (Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007) Law text · (d)
• Pub. L. 110–22, §3(3), added subsec. (e) and struck out former subsec. (e) which read as follows: "Any person who violates subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section shall be fined not more than $15,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both, for each such violation." (Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007) Law text · (e)
• Pub. L. 110–22, §3(4)(A), struck out "or animals, such as waterfowl, bird, raccoon, or fox hunting" after "hunting another animal". (Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007) Law text · (g)
• Pub. L. 110–22, §3(4)(B), added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: "the term 'interstate instrumentality' means telegraph, telephone, radio, or television operating in interstate or foreign commerce;". (Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007) Law text · (g)
• Pub. L. 110–22, §3(5), added subsec. (i). (Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007) Law text · (i)

2002

• Pub. L. 107–171, §10302(a)(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows: "It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sponsor or exhibit an animal in any animal fighting venture to which any animal was moved in interstate or foreign commerce." (Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 107–171, §10302(a)(2), substituted "deliver, or receive" for "or deliver to another person or receive from another person". (Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002) Law text · (b)
• Pub. L. 107–171, §10302(a)(3), substituted "subsection (c)" for "subsections (a), (b), or (c) of this section". (Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002) Law text · (d)
• Pub. L. 107–171, §10303(a)(1), inserted heading and substituted "$15,000" for "$5,000" in text. (Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002) Law text · (e)
• Pub. L. 107–171, §10303(a)(2), inserted "or from any State into any foreign country" before semicolon. (Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002) Law text · (g)