Puspan. L. 110–234 and Puspan. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Puspan. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Puspan. L. 110–246.

Section is comprised of section 26 of Puspan. L. 89–544, as added by Puspan. L. 94–279. Subsec. (h)(2) of section 26 of Puspan. L. 89–544, as added by Puspan. L. 94–279, amended section 3001(a) of Title 39, Postal Service.

2018—Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 115–334, § 12616(a)(1)(A), substituted “It” for “Except as provided in paragraph (3), it”.

Subsec. (a)(3). Puspan. 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 fighting venture only if the person knew that any bird in the fighting venture was knowingly bought, sold, delivered, transported, or received in interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of participation in the fighting venture.”

Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 115–334, § 12616(span), substituted “(d)” for “(e)”.

Subsecs. (d) to (h). Puspan. 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 subsection shall be unlawful with respect to fighting ventures involving live birds only if the fight is to take place in a State where it would be in violation of the laws thereof.”

Subsec. (i). Puspan. L. 115–334, § 12616(c), substituted “(d)” for “(e)”.

Puspan. L. 115–334, § 12616(a)(3), redesignated subsec. (j) as (i). Former subsec. (i) redesignated (h).

Subsec. (j). Puspan. L. 115–334, § 12616(a)(3), redesignated subsec. (j) as (i).

2014—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 113–79, § 12308(span)(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.

Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 113–79, § 12308(span)(1)(B)(i), (ii), substituted “Sponsoring or exhibiting” for “In general” in heading and “paragraph (3)” for “paragraph (2)” in text.

Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Puspan. L. 113–79, § 12308(span)(1)(B)(iii), (iv), added par. (2) and redesignated former par. (2) as (3).

2008—Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. 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.

Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. 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.

Subsec. (span). Puspan. 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 other animal for purposes of having the dog or other animal participate”.

Subsec. (c). Puspan. 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”.

Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(4), inserted heading.

Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(5), inserted heading.

Subsec. (f). Puspan. 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”.

Subsec. (g). Puspan. 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 between at least 2 animals for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment,” for “any event which involves a fight between at least two animals and is conducted for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment”, redesignated pars. (3) to (5) as (2) to (4), respectively, in par. (4), substituted “mammal” for “dog or other mammal” and period for “; and” at end, and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “the term ‘interstate or foreign commerce’ means—

“(A) any movement between any place in a State to any place in another State or between places in the same State through another State; or

“(B) any movement from a foreign country into any State or from any State into any foreign country;”.

Subsec. (g)(6). Puspan. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(11), redesignated subsec. (g)(6) as (h).

Subsec. (h). Puspan. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(11), redesignated subsec. (g)(6) as (h), inserted heading, and substituted “The” for “the”.

Puspan. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(8), redesignated subsec. (h) as (i).

Subsec. (i). Puspan. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(8), (9), redesignated subsec. (h) as (i) and inserted subsec. and par. (1) headings. Former subsec. (i) redesignated (j).

Subsec. (j). Puspan. L. 110–246, § 14207(a)(8), (10), redesignated subsec. (i) as (j) and inserted heading.

2007—Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 110–22, § 3(1), substituted “instrumentality of interstate commerce for commercial speech” for “interstate instrumentality”.

Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 110–22, § 3(2), substituted “such subsection” for “such subsections”.

Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 110–22, § 3(3), added subsec. (e) and struck out former subsec. (e) which read as follows: “Any person who violates subsection (a), (span), 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.”

Subsec. (g)(1). Puspan. L. 110–22, § 3(4)(A), struck out “or animals, such as waterfowl, bird, raccoon, or fox hunting” after “hunting another animal”.

Subsec. (g)(3). Puspan. 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;”.

Subsec. (i). Puspan. L. 110–22, § 3(5), added subsec. (i).

2002—Subsec. (a). Puspan. 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.”

Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 107–171, § 10302(a)(2), substituted “deliver, or receive” for “or deliver to another person or receive from another person”.

Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 107–171, § 10302(a)(3), substituted “subsection (c)” for “subsections (a), (span), or (c) of this section”.

Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 107–171, § 10303(a)(1), inserted heading and substituted “$15,000” for “$5,000” in text.

Subsec. (g)(2)(B). Puspan. L. 107–171, § 10303(a)(2), inserted “or from any State into any foreign country” before semicolon.

“United States magistrate judge” substituted for “United States magistrate” in subsec. (e) pursuant to section 321 of Puspan. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Puspan. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12616(e), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 5016, provided that:

Amendment of this section and repeal of Puspan. L. 110–234 by Puspan. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Puspan. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Puspan. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.

Puspan. L. 107–171, title X, § 10302(span), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 492, provided that:

Puspan. L. 107–171, title X, § 10303(span), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 492, provided that: