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Summary
Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit intentionally engaging in animal crushing in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. (Current law prohibits knowingly creating or distributing an animal crush video.) Adds exceptions for conduct that is for predator or pest control, medical or scientific research, or necessary to protect the life or property of a person from a serious threat caused by an animal.
Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (31)
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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R.46, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program;
H.R. 51, the Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act, would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers;
H.R. 159/S. 166, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, which would benefit law enforcement agencies in States with safe harbor laws when applying for Federal law enforcement grant programs;
H.R. 181/S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, would authorize grants be made available to law enforcement and others to develop, improve, or expand comprehensive domestic child trafficking deterrence;
H.R. 228/S. 125, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2018;
H.R. 378, the Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, which would prohibit the sale, transfer, or possession of enhanced, military-grade body armor by civilians;
H.R. 429, the Grand Jury Reform Act, would end the use of grand juries to evaluate the conduct of any death caused by a law enforcement officer acting in the performance of his sworn duty and require a special prosecutor to take the case before a judge;
H.R. 723, the Fallen Heroes Flag Act, would provide that Members of the U.S. House of Representatives could request and then provide a flag be flown over the U.S. Capitol and then provide it to the family of a law enforcement or other public safety officer;
H.R. 814, the Thin Blue Line Act, which increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers;
H.R. 923/S. 498, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements;
H.R. 1186, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, which would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution;
H.R. 1258, the "Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act," which would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture designed to assist victims of domestic violence to safely shelter their pets when they leave their abusers;
H.R. 1269/S. 665, the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act, would create a national alert system for law enforcement officers who are missing, killed or seriously injured in the line of duty;
Section 1042, H.R. 1735, the "National Defense Authorization Acy, Fiscal Year 2016;"
H.R. 1786/S. 928, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, which would ensure continuation of the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund;
H.R. 1933/S. 1056, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities;
H.R. 2293, the "Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act," which would provide criminal penalties for those who engage in "animal crushing" as well as for those who create or distribute such films;
H.R. 2318, the COPS Improvements and Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize, expand and improve the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice;
H.R. 2330/S. 1119, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, would create a National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems;
H.R. 2667, the "School Safety Act," which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program through 2020;
H.R. 3036, the "National 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center Act," which would Federally recognize the 9/11 Memorial as a national memorial and authorize funding for its upkeep and preservation;
H.R. 3537, the "Synthetic Drug Control Act," would enhance the ability fo law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated;
H.R. 3968, the "Stop Meth Labs and Enhance Patient Access Act," which would encourage the use of new tamper-resistent technologies to prevent pseudoephedrine rom being extracted from cold medicines in order to be used in the production of methamphetamine;
H.R. 4002, the "Criminal Code Improvement Act," which would would overturn long-standing court holdings on mens rea standards and applications and replace them with a new and arbitrary standard;
Issues related to Federal equipment programs; and
Issues related to Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, body worn cameras(BWCs), and civil asset forfeiture.
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Supporting and assisting in the drafting and introduction the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act or TEAPSPA) in the House and Senate; all provisions related to and supporting ending the suffering of animals in US traveling performances, rides, or exhibits, and to address the inherent health and safety risks such events pose to workers and the public. Support the following bills to the extent they protect animals from harm and end animal suffering, and as yet unknown issues related to ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering: HR2576 (with provisions mandating to limit animal testing and seek alternatives); HR3546 (Big Cat and Public Safety Act), HR2858 (Humane Cosmetics Act); HR2494 (Global Anti-Poaching Act) as amended in the Senate (wholly substituted with S2385; opposed to prior HR2494 House amendment exempting trophy hunting); HR2920 (Captive Primate Safety Act); S2385 (END Wildlife Trafficking Act); HR2697 (Rare Cats and Canids Act); HR2293/S1831 PACT (re the prosecution of animal cruelty); HR746/S388 AWARE (re testing at federal agricultural research facilities); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015); HR3526/S1918 (CECIL Animal Trophies Act); HR3448 (Cecil the Lion Endangered and Threatened Species Act of 2015); HR1942/S1214 (Safeguard American Food Exports Act); HR4019 (ORCA Act); HR1258 (Pet and Women Safety Act); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act), Volunteer Protection Act & Volunteer Organization Act of 2015; and in opposition to (for the same reasons) S405 (Sportsmen's Act), S659 (The Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015), and S782 (The Grand Canyon Bison Management Act); and urging a provision against animal testing in HR4075 (The Cosmetic Modernization Act). Also prepared comments for submission to USFWS re manatee down listing; proposed grizzly down listing; re proposed ivory import ban, African elephant uplisting; re listing Russian belugas as depleted; and re generic tiger loophole; re opposition to HCP development threatening Florida panthers & 6 other ESA listed species; re USFWS permitting of exotic /wild animals; and to USDA re proposed captive marine mammal rule making; re call for comments re Petition to prohibit public contact with bears, big cats, and nonhuman primates; and their rescinding mandatory TB testing in captive elephants. Research re USFWS Wildlife Trafficking Advisory Council; re US House Agriculture Committee meeting re farm animal regulation.
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Lobbied in support of the following full bills: H.R. 3268 the PAST Act (Prevent All Soring Tactics Act), H.R. 1258, the Pet and Women Safety Act, H.R. 2293, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, and H.R. 2858, the Humane Cosmetics Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
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HR 4525 (the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act or TEAPA) and potential Senate companion; all provisions related to and supporting ending the suffering of animals in US traveling performances, rides, or exhibits, and to address the inherent health and safety risks such events pose to workers and the public. Support the following bills to the extent they protect animals from harm and end animal suffering, and as yet unknown issues related to ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering: HR3546 (Big Cat and Public Safety Act), HR2858 (Humane Cosmetics Act); HR2494 (Global Anti-Poaching Act), except opposed to HR2494 Amendment exempting trophy hunting; HR2920 (Captive Primate Safety Act); S2385 (END Wildlife Trafficking Act); HR2697 (Rare Cats and Canids Act); HR2293/S1831 PACT (re the prosecution of animal cruelty); HR746/S388 AWARE (re testing at federal agricultural research facilities); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015); HR3526/S1918 (CECIL Animal Trophies Act); HR3448 (Cecil the Lion Endangered and Threatened Species Act of 2015); HR1942/S1214 (Safeguard American Food Exports Act); HR4019 (ORCA Act); HR1258 (Pet and Women Safety Act); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act), Volunteer Protection Act & Volunteer Organization Act of 2015; and in opposition to (for the same reasons) S405 (Sportsmen's Act), S659 (The Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015), and S782 (The Grand Canyon Bison Management Act); and urging a provision against animal testing in HR4075 (The Cosmetic Modernization Act). Also submitted comments to USFWS re CoP17, re predator control practices and predators on public lands, re trophy hunting, re proposed African lion uplisting, and re the USFWS permit of wild elephants stolen from the wild for import to US zoos. Research & prepared comments to be submitted next quarter to USDA re marine mammal rule making and to USFWS re proposed grizzly down listing and proposed African elephant uplisting.
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 4525 (the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act or TEAPA) and potential Senate companion; all provisions related to and supporting ending the suffering of animals in US traveling performances, rides, or exhibits, and to address the inherent health and safety risks such events pose to workers and the public. Support the following bills to the extent they protect animals from harm and end animal suffering, and as yet unknown issues related to ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering: HR3546 (Big Cat and Public Safety Act), HR2920 (Captive Primate Safety Act), HR2858 (Humane Cosmetics Act); HR2494 (Global Anti-Poaching Act), except opposed to HR2494 Amendment exempting trophy hunting; S27 (Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act); S2385 (END Wildlife Trafficking Act); HR2697 (Rare Cats and Canids Act); HR2293/S1831 PACT (re the prosecution of animal cruelty); HR746/S388 AWARE (re testing at federal agricultural research facilities); HR3294/S1898 (Sanctuary Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015); HR3526/S1918 (CECIL Animal Trophies Act); HR3448 (Cecil the Lion Endangered and Threatened Species Act of 2015); HR1942/S1214 (Safeguard American Food Exports Act); HR4019 (ORCA Act); HR1258 (Pet and Women Safety Act); and in opposition to (for the same reasons) S405 (Sportsmen's Act) & S659 The Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R.46, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program;
H.R. 51, the Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act, would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers;
H.R. 159/S. 166, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, which would benefit law enforcement agencies in States with safe harbor laws when applying for Federal law enforcement grant programs;
H.R. 181/S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, would authorize grants be made available to law enforcement and others to develop, improve, or expand comprehensive domestic child trafficking deterrence;
H.R. 228/S. 125, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2018;
H.R. 378, the Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, which would prohibit the sale, transfer, or possession of enhanced, military-grade body armor by civilians;
H.R. 429, the Grand Jury Reform Act, would end the use of grand juries to evaluate the conduct of any death caused by a law enforcement officer acting in the performance of his sworn duty and require a special prosecutor to take the case before a judge;
H.R. 723, the Fallen Heroes Flag Act, would provide that Members of the U.S. House of Representatives could request and then provide a flag be flown over the U.S. Capitol and then provide it to the family of a law enforcement or other public safety officer;
H.R. 814, the Thin Blue Line Act, which increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers;
H.R. 923/S. 498, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements;
H.R. 1186, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, which would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution;
H.R. 1258, the "Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act," which would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture designed to assist victims of domestic violence to safely shelter their pets when they leave their abusers;
H.R. 1269/S. 665, the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act, would create a national alert system for law enforcement officers who are missing, killed or seriously injured in the line of duty;
Section 1042, H.R. 1735, the "National Defense Authorization Acy, Fiscal Year 2016;"
H.R. 1786/S. 928, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, which would ensure continuation of the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund;
H.R. 1933/S. 1056, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities;
H.R. 2293, the "Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act," which would provide criminal penalties for those who engage in "animal crushing" as well as for those who create or distribute such films;
H.R. 2318, the COPS Improvements and Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize, expand and improve the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice;
H.R. 2330/S. 1119, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, would create a National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems;
H.R. 2667, the "School Safety Act," which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program through 2020;
H.R. 3036, the "National 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center Act," which would Federally recognize the 9/11 Memorial as a national memorial and authorize funding for its upkeep and preservation;
H.R. 3537, the "Synthetic Drug Control Act," would enhance the ability fo law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated;
H.R. 3968, the "Stop Meth Labs and Enhance Patient Access Act," which would encourage the use of new tamper-resistent technologies to prevent pseudoephedrine rom being extracted from cold medicines in order to be used in the production of methamphetamine;
H.R. 4002, the "Criminal Code Improvement Act," which would would overturn long-standing court holdings on mens rea standards and applications and replace them with a new and arbitrary standard;
Issues related to Federal equipment programs; and
Issues related to Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, body worn cameras(BWCs), and civil asset forfeiture.
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Support Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act (H.R. 1258, S. 1559); Support Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (S. 1831/H.R. 2293); Defund the inspection of horse slaughter facilities in USDA appropriations (H.R. 2029)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Lobbied in support of the following full bills: H.R. 3268 the PAST Act (Prevent All Soring Tactics Act), H.R. 1258, the Pet and Women Safety Act, H.R. 2293, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, (only bill for Matt Keelen) and H.R. 2858, the Humane Cosmetics Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Animal Welfare Act, Endangered Species Act, Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act, Interior Appropriations (Multinational Species Conservation Funds), Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 335), Prevent Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (H.R. 2293),Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act (H.R. 3546), Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large (CECIL) Animal Trophies Act (S. 1918) , Humane-Bond Caucus , animal transportation issues, USDA,DOI, USFWS oversight matters, and other animal-related legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $7,500
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Animal Welfare Act, Endangered Species Act, Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act, Interior Appropriations (Multinational Species Conservation Funds), Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 335), Prevent Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (H.R. 2293),Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act (H.R. 3546), Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large (CECIL) Animal Trophies Act (S. 1918) , Humane-Bond Caucus , animal transportation issues, USDA,DOI, USFWS oversight matters, and other animal-related legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $7,500
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Animal Welfare Act, Endangered Species Act, Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act, Interior Appropriations (Multinational Species Conservation Funds), Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 335), The Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act (S. 27), Prevent Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (H.R. 2293),Big Cats and Public Safety Protection legislation (no bill number), animal transportation issues, USDA,DOI, USFWS oversight matters, and other animal-related legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $7,500
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Animal Welfare Act, Endangered Species Act, Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act, Interior Appropriations (Multinational Species Conservation Funds), Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 335), The Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act (S. 27), Prevent Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (H.R. 2293),Big Cats and Public Safety Protection legislation (no bill number), animal transportation issues, USDA,DOI, USFWS oversight matters,and other animal-related legislation.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 4525 (the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act or TEAPA) and potential Senate companion; all provisions related to and supporting ending the suffering of animals in US traveling performances, rides, or exhibits, and to address the inherent health and safety risks such events pose to workers and the public. Support the following bills to the extent they protect animals from harm and end animal suffering, and as yet unknown issues related to ADI's overarching goal for longstanding change to end animal suffering: HR847/S395 (PUPS Act re dog breeding & puppy mills), HR996/S1153 (Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act), HR366/S666 (Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act), HR1518/S1406 (PAST Act re equine soring), HR1998/S1381 (Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act), HR2856/S1463 (Captive Primate Safety Act), HR4148 (Humane Cosmetics Act), HR5454 (TUSKERS re trade sanctions related to ivory); HR2293 PACT (re the prosecution of animal cruelty); HR746/S388 AWARE (re testing at federal agricultural research facilities); and in opposition to (for the same reasons) S405 (Sportsmen's Act).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Animals: Animal Welfare Act, Endangered Species Act, Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act, Interior Appropriations (Multinational Species Conservation Funds), Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 335), The Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act (S. 27), Prevent Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (H.R. 2293),Big Cats and Public Safety Protection legislation (no bill number), animal transportation issues, USDA,DOI, USFWS oversight matters, and other animal-related legislation.
Tax: Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act (S.386/H.R.2315)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Animals: Animal Welfare Act, Endangered Species Act, Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act, Interior Appropriations (Multinational Species Conservation Funds), Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 335), The Wildlife Trafficking Enforcement Act (S. 27), Prevent Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (H.R. 2293),Big Cats and Public Safety Protection legislation (no bill number), animal transportation issues, USDA,DOI, USFWS oversight matters, and other animal-related legislation.
Tax: Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act (S.386/H.R.2315)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
Client expense: $5,222 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office