H.R. 5092: To amend section 48 (relating to depiction of animal cruelty) of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.

111th Congress · introduced 2010-04-21 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-04-21 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend section 48 (relating to depiction of animal cruelty) of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

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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To amend section 48 (relating to depiction of animal cruelty) of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24] · 341 cosponsors

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Joe Wilson (R-SC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL) and 281 more.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5092.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr5092 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111