PACT Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 115th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 654 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 654 To revise section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 15, 2017 Mr. Toomey (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To revise section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act'' or the ``PACT Act''. SEC. 2. REVISION OF SECTION 48. (a) In General.--Section 48 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ``Sec. 48. Animal crushing ``(a) Offenses.-- ``(1) Crushing.--It shall be unlawful for any person to purposely engage in animal crushing in or affecting…