CITE
18 USC Sec. 49 01/05/2009
EXPCITE
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 3 - ANIMALS, BIRDS, FISH, AND PLANTS
HEAD
Sec. 49. Enforcement of animal fighting prohibitions
STATUTE
Whoever violates subsection (a), (b), (c), or (e) of section 26
of the Animal Welfare Act shall be fined under this title,
imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, for each violation.
SOURCE
(Added Pub. L. 110-22, Sec. 2(a), May 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 88;
amended Pub. L. 110-234, title XIV, Sec. 14207(b), May 22, 2008,
122 Stat. 1462; Pub. L. 110-246, Sec. 4(a), title XIV, Sec.
14207(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2224.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 26(a)-(c), (e) of the Animal Welfare Act, referred to in
text, is section 2156(a)-(c), (e) of Title 7, Agriculture.
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 110-234 and Pub. L. 110-246 made identical amendments to
this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110-234 were repealed by
section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110-246.
AMENDMENTS
2008 - Pub. L. 110-246, Sec. 14207(b), substituted "5 years" for
"3 years".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2008 AMENDMENT
Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110-234 by Pub.
L. 110-246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L.
110-234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110-246, set out as an Effective
Date note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.