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H.R. 5092

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To amend section 48 (relating to depiction of animal cruelty) of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.
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Committee
Latest Action · June 15, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Congress
111th (2009–2011)
Introduced
April 21, 2010
Cosponsors (341)
208D 133R
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Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or maximum prison term of five years for anyone who knowingly sells or offers to sell an animal crush video in interstate or foreign commerce for commercial gain. States that this prohibition shall not be construed to prohibit the selling or offering to sell videos that depict hunting. Defines "animal crush video" as any visual depiction of animals being intentionally crushed, burned, drowned, or impaled that: (1) depicts actual conduct in which a living animal is tortured, maimed, or mutilated that violates any criminal prohibition on intentional cruelty under federal law or the law of the state in which the depiction is sold; and (2) taken as a whole, does not have religious, political, scientific, educational, journalistic, historical, or artistic value.

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