The House passes a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony

[redqueen]

(CNN) — The House has unanimously passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony.

The PACT Act -- which stands for Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture -- was approved by the House on Tuesday. The bipartisan act, introduced by Florida congressmen Ted Deutch and Vern Buchanan, will revise a previous law passed in 2010.

"The torture of innocent animals is abhorrent and should be punished to the fullest extent of the law," Buchanan said. "Passing the PACT Act sends a strong message that this behavior will not be tolerated."

Currently, federal law only explicitly prohibits animal fighting, and only criminalizes wrongdoers when they create and sell videos depicting the actual animal cruelty.

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/23/politics/house-passes-pact-act-trnd/index.html

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. K & R!

[femmocrat]

2. Good news.

Will never pass the Senate though.

I can hear them now---- hunting and farming will be considered animal cruelty.

[redqueen]

3. Well no, there's exceptions for hunting.

This seems to be aimed at the most egregious forms of cruelty and torture. I'd like it to include extreme neglect but I'm glad they did this much at least.

I'm hopeful it pass the Senate since it was unanimously passed by the House. Not sure how common that is but I would think not very.

[femmocrat]

5. Thanks for pointing that out.

I must confess that I didn’t read the article and made assumptions about republicans in general. They tend to exaggerate and twist the truth, as we all know! I’ll go back and read more about it. Thanks again.

[sl8]

4. Bill specifics:

From https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/724?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Pact%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=6

Summary: H.R.724 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)

There is one summary for H.R.724. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.
Introduced in House (01/23/2019)
Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act or the PACT Act

This bill revises and expands criminal 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 bill also adds a new provision to criminalize an intentional act of animal crushing. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both.

It provides additional exceptions for conduct, or a video of conduct, including conduct that is (1) medical or scientific research, (2) necessary to protect the life or property of a person, (3) performed as part of euthanizing an animal, or (4) unintentional.

Link to bill text:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/724/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Pact%22%5D%7D&r=6&s=1

[gopiscrap]

6. Do you think trump will sign it

seeing as how he doesn't give a shit about animals (unless they can be sold for profit)

[redqueen]

7. I think the odds are good that he will, actually.

If it gets to his desk, which I think will happen.