Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007
Public Law 110-22 · H.R. 137 · 110th Congress · began in the House
Signed by George W. Bush (R) on May 3, 2007 · Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsor: Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA-24)
Cosponsors (303): Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 368 yea, 39 nay368–39
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to three years for violations of the Animal Welfare Act relating to: (1) sponsoring or exhibiting an animal in an animal fighting venture; (2) buying, selling, transporting, delivering, or receiving for purposes of transportation, in interstate or foreign commerce, any dog or other animal for participation in an animal fighting venture; and (3) using the mails or other instrumentality of interstate commerce to promote or further an animal fighting venture.
Amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit knowingly selling, buying, transporting, or delivering, in interstate or foreign commerce, a knife, a gaffe, or any other sharp instrument for attachment to the leg of a bird for use in an animal fighting venture.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 110th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 368 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
368 yea39 nay26 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(215)
Rep. Dennis KucinichD-OH-10
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-13
Rep. Barbara LeeD-CA-9
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Lynn WoolseyD-CA-6
Rep. Yvette ClarkeD-NY-11
Rep. Keith EllisonD-MN-5
Rep. Maurice HincheyD-NY-22
Rep. John OlverD-MA-1
Rep. Mike HondaD-CA-15
Rep. Raúl GrijalvaD-AZ-7
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-35
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Tammy BaldwinD-WI-2
Rep. Gwen MooreD-WI-4
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Nydia VelázquezD-NY-12
Rep. Bob FilnerD-CA-51
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-28
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-14
Rep. Linda SánchezD-CA-39
Rep. Jan SchakowskyD-IL-9
Rep. Wm. ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Danny DavisD-IL-7
Rep. Diane WatsonD-CA-33
Rep. Luis GutiérrezD-IL-4
Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18
Rep. Jesse JacksonD-IL-2
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-16
Rep. Eddie JohnsonD-TX-30
Rep. Mel WattD-NC-12
Rep. Jim McGovernD-MA-3
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Mazie HironoD-HI-2
Rep. Carolyn KilpatrickD-MI-13
Rep. Michael CapuanoD-MA-8
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1
Rep. Alcee HastingsD-FL-23
Rep. Bennie ThompsonD-MS-2
Rep. Hilda SolisD-CA-32
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-10- Rep. Albert WynnD-MD-4
- Rep. Stephanie JonesD-OH-11
Rep. Bill DelahuntD-MA-10- Rep. Marty MeehanD-MA-5
Rep. Emanuel CleaverD-MO-5
Rep. Lois CappsD-CA-23
Rep. Sam FarrD-CA-17
Rep. Grace NapolitanoD-CA-38
Rep. Hank JohnsonD-GA-4
Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-4
Rep. Earl BlumenauerD-OR-3
Rep. Xavier BecerraD-CA-31
Rep. John DingellD-MI-15
Rep. Rush HoltD-NJ-12
Rep. Betty McCollumD-MN-4
Rep. John TierneyD-MA-6
Rep. Jim ClyburnD-SC-6
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6
Rep. G.K. ButterfieldD-NC-1
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-8
Rep. Betty SuttonD-OH-13
Rep. Doris MatsuiD-CA-5
Rep. Peter WelchD-VT
Rep. Debbie Wasserman SchultzD-FL-20
Rep. Bobby ScottD-VA-3
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-34
Rep. John LarsonD-CT-1
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2
Rep. Kathy CastorD-FL-11
Rep. Gregory MeeksD-NY-6
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-15
Rep. Zoe LofgrenD-CA-16
Rep. Chaka FattahD-PA-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Al GreenD-TX-9
Rep. Charlie GonzalezD-TX-20
Rep. Michael DoyleD-PA-14
Rep. Bill PascrellD-NJ-8
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-30
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3
Rep. Elijah CummingsD-MD-7
Rep. Bobby RushD-IL-1
Rep. John SarbanesD-MD-3
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Jay InsleeD-WA-1
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-3
Rep. Diana DeGetteD-CO-1
Rep. Tim RyanD-OH-17
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-5
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Patrick KennedyD-RI-1
Rep. Rick LarsenD-WA-2
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-21
Rep. Brad ShermanD-CA-27
Rep. Kendrick MeekD-FL-17
Rep. Loretta SanchezD-CA-47
Rep. Steven RothmanD-NJ-9
Rep. Lloyd DoggettD-TX-25
Rep. Carolyn MaloneyD-NY-14
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-18
Rep. Anna EshooD-CA-14
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-17
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-28
Rep. Steve CohenD-TN-9
Rep. Anthony WeinerD-NY-9
Rep. Chris Van HollenD-MD-8
Rep. Joe BacaD-CA-43
Rep. Albio SiresD-NJ-13- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-12
Rep. Marion BerryD-AR-1
Rep. Timothy BishopD-NY-1
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-5
Rep. Brian HigginsD-NY-27
Rep. Jim LangevinD-RI-2
Rep. Tom AllenD-ME-1
Rep. Rahm EmanuelD-IL-5
Rep. Stephen LynchD-MA-9
Rep. Ellen TauscherD-CA-10
Rep. Brad MillerD-NC-13
Rep. David ScottD-GA-13
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-12
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
Rep. David WuD-OR-1
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Susan DavisD-CA-53
Rep. Steve IsraelD-NY-2
Rep. Carolyn McCarthyD-NY-4
Rep. Phil HareD-IL-17
Rep. Silvestre ReyesD-TX-16
Rep. John YarmuthD-KY-3
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. David LoebsackD-IA-2
Rep. Paul HodesD-NH-2
Rep. Carol Shea-PorterD-NH-1
Rep. Adam SchiffD-CA-29
Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29
Rep. Joe CourtneyD-CT-2
Rep. Russ CarnahanD-MO-3
Rep. A. Dutch RuppersbergerD-MD-2
Rep. Jane HarmanD-CA-36
Rep. Christopher MurphyD-CT-5
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. John HallD-NY-19
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Allyson SchwartzD-PA-13
Rep. Mike ThompsonD-CA-1
Rep. Ciro RodriguezD-TX-23
Rep. Bruce BraleyD-IA-1
Rep. Michael ArcuriD-NY-24
Rep. Michael MichaudD-ME-2
Rep. Darlene HooleyD-OR-5
Rep. Vic SnyderD-AR-2
Rep. Bob EtheridgeD-NC-2
Rep. Timothy WalzD-MN-1
Rep. Artur DavisD-AL-7
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Leonard BoswellD-IA-3
Rep. Ron KindD-WI-3
Rep. Steve KagenD-WI-8
Rep. Bart StupakD-MI-1
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Shelley BerkleyD-NV-1
Rep. Charles WilsonD-OH-6
Rep. Daniel LipinskiD-IL-3
Rep. John SalazarD-CO-3
Rep. Dennis MooreD-KS-3
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-17
Rep. Ed PerlmutterD-CO-7
Rep. Joe SestakD-PA-7
Rep. Earl PomeroyD-ND
Rep. Ron KleinD-FL-22
Rep. Jim CostaD-CA-20
Rep. Tim HoldenD-PA-17
Rep. Brian BairdD-WA-3
Rep. Mark UdallD-CO-2
Rep. Mike RossD-AR-4
Rep. Ben ChandlerD-KY-6
Rep. Charles MelanconD-LA-3
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7
Rep. Henry CuellarD-TX-28
Rep. Allen BoydD-FL-2
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5
Rep. Stephanie Herseth SandlinD-SD
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-5
Rep. Lincoln DavisD-TN-4
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
Rep. Nancy BoydaD-KS-2
Rep. Kirsten GillibrandD-NY-20
Rep. Jerry McNerneyD-CA-11
Rep. Patrick MurphyD-PA-8
Rep. Zack SpaceD-OH-18
Rep. Tim MahoneyD-FL-16
Rep. Mike McIntyreD-NC-7
Rep. Gabrielle GiffordsD-AZ-8
Rep. Melissa BeanD-IL-8
Rep. Jim MathesonD-UT-2
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-4
Rep. Brad EllsworthD-IN-8
Rep. Christopher CarneyD-PA-10
Rep. Harry MitchellD-AZ-5
Rep. Jason AltmireD-PA-4
Rep. Jim MarshallD-GA-8
Rep. Heath ShulerD-NC-11
Rep. Joe DonnellyD-IN-2
Rep. Baron HillD-IN-9
Rep. John BarrowD-GA-12
Republicans who voted yea(153)
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Frank LoBiondoR-NJ-2
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
Rep. Tim MurphyR-PA-18
Rep. John McHughR-NY-23
Rep. Timothy JohnsonR-IL-15
Rep. Mike FergusonR-NJ-7
Rep. Steven LaTouretteR-OH-14
Rep. Ray LaHoodR-IL-18
Rep. Walter JonesR-NC-3
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18
Rep. David ReichertR-WA-8
Rep. Jim GerlachR-PA-6
Rep. Jon PorterR-NV-3
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-3
Rep. Mark KirkR-IL-10
Rep. Michael CastleR-DE
Rep. Charles DentR-PA-15
Rep. Jo Ann EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. Shelley CapitoR-WV-2
Rep. Rick RenziR-AZ-1
Rep. Phil EnglishR-PA-3
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Michael TurnerR-OH-3
Rep. Randy KuhlR-NY-29- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Mike SimpsonR-ID-2
Rep. Jerry WellerR-IL-11
Rep. Todd PlattsR-PA-19
Rep. Heather WilsonR-NM-1
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Pete KingR-NY-3
Rep. Candice MillerR-MI-10
Rep. Jeff FortenberryR-NE-1
Rep. Ed WhitfieldR-KY-1
Rep. Deborah PryceR-OH-15
Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3
Rep. Rodney FrelinghuysenR-NJ-11
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7
Rep. Greg WaldenR-OR-2
Rep. Thad McCotterR-MI-11
Rep. Tom LathamR-IA-4
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-10
Rep. Tom DavisR-VA-11
Rep. Denny RehbergR-MT
Rep. Charles BoustanyR-LA-7
Rep. Chip PickeringR-MS-3
Rep. Rodney AlexanderR-LA-5
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6
Rep. Joe KnollenbergR-MI-9
Rep. Vernon EhlersR-MI-3
Rep. Thomas ReynoldsR-NY-26
Rep. Vern BuchananR-FL-13
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-41
Rep. Mary Bono MackR-CA-45
Rep. Roger WickerR-MS-1
Rep. Jerry MoranR-KS-1
Rep. Gus BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Robert AderholtR-AL-4
Rep. Kenny HulshofR-MO-9- Rep. Bobby JindalR-LA-1
Rep. John BoozmanR-AR-3
Rep. Henry BrownR-SC-1
Rep. Todd TiahrtR-KS-4
Rep. Ginny Brown-WaiteR-FL-5
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Ander CrenshawR-FL-4
Rep. Ken CalvertR-CA-44- Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
Rep. Judy BiggertR-IL-13
Rep. Cathy McMorris RodgersR-WA-5
Rep. Terry EverettR-AL-2
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4
Rep. Jo BonnerR-AL-1
Rep. Pat TiberiR-OH-12
Rep. Mike RogersR-MI-8
Rep. Randy ForbesR-VA-4
Rep. Thelma DrakeR-VA-2
Rep. John ShimkusR-IL-19
Rep. Mary FallinR-OK-5
Rep. Ralph HallR-TX-4
Rep. Spencer BachusR-AL-6
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-24
Rep. Geoff DavisR-KY-4
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-4
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. Kay GrangerR-TX-12
Rep. Lee TerryR-NE-2
Rep. Roscoe BartlettR-MD-6
Rep. Michael McCaulR-TX-10
Rep. Vito FossellaR-NY-13
Rep. Doc HastingsR-WA-4
Rep. Ric KellerR-FL-8
Rep. Buck McKeonR-CA-25
Rep. Barbara CubinR-WY
Rep. Bob GoodlatteR-VA-6
Rep. Jean SchmidtR-OH-2
Rep. Kevin McCarthyR-CA-22
Rep. Peter RoskamR-IL-6
Rep. Steve PearceR-NM-2
Rep. David DreierR-CA-26
Rep. Donald ManzulloR-IL-16
Rep. Steve BuyerR-IN-4
Rep. John MicaR-FL-7
Rep. Adam PutnamR-FL-12
Rep. Gary MillerR-CA-42
Rep. Dave WeldonR-FL-15
Rep. Pete HoekstraR-MI-2- Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
Rep. Michael BurgessR-TX-26
Rep. Dean HellerR-NV-2
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Devin NunesR-CA-21
Rep. George RadanovichR-CA-19
Rep. Rob BishopR-UT-1
Rep. John CarterR-TX-31
Rep. Tim WalbergR-MI-7
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2
Rep. John CulbersonR-TX-7
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-3
Rep. Brian BilbrayR-CA-50
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. Marilyn MusgraveR-CO-4
Rep. John KlineR-MN-2
Rep. Steve ChabotR-OH-1
Rep. Darrell IssaR-CA-49
Rep. Michele BachmannR-MN-6
Rep. Joseph PittsR-PA-16
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-5
Rep. Joe WilsonR-SC-2
Rep. Bob InglisR-SC-4
Rep. Sue MyrickR-NC-9
Rep. Paul RyanR-WI-1
Rep. Pete SessionsR-TX-32
Rep. Phil GingreyR-GA-11
Rep. Patrick McHenryR-NC-10
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-46
Rep. John LinderR-GA-7
Rep. Todd AkinR-MO-2
Rep. Marsha BlackburnR-TN-7
Rep. Tom PriceR-GA-6
Rep. Jeff MillerR-FL-1
Rep. Jim JordanR-OH-4
Rep. Nathan DealR-GA-9
Rep. J. Gresham BarrettR-SC-3
Rep. Ed RoyceR-CA-40
Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. Mike PenceR-IN-6
Rep. Tom TancredoR-CO-6
Rep. John ShadeggR-AZ-3
Rep. John CampbellR-CA-48
Rep. Trent FranksR-AZ-2
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 187 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Agriculture Committee · House · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee- Judiciary Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Data notes
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Related bills
1 bill the Library of Congress relates to this one.
S. 261Companion billIdentical billRelated bill
Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007
Data notes
Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 28 actions.
- May 3, 2007Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 110-22.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Apr 24, 2007FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Apr 11, 2007FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Apr 10, 2007FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- OtherOther · Cleared for White House.
- Mar 27, 2007CalendarCalendar · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 91.
- Mar 26, 2007FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 368 - 39 (Roll no. 188).House roll call 188
- FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
- FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 137.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Scott (VA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 1, 2007CalendarCalendar · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 10.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-27, Part I.
- Feb 6, 2007CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- CommitteeCommittee · Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee
- Feb 2, 2007CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Jan 5, 2007CommitteeCommittee · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2)
- Jan 4, 2007CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
Data notes
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Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
Data notes
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Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.