S.654: PACT Act

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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act or the PACT Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise and expand provisions with respect to animal crushing. It retains existing criminal offenses that prohibit knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video using interstate commerce. The...

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Date Description
Dec. 15, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec. 15, 2017
Received in the House.
Dec. 14, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec. 14, 2017

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8049)

Dec. 14, 2017

Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8049)

March 15, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
March 15, 2017

Introduced in the Senate by Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.)

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