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My Plott friend in Tennessee sent this – put into action by G.W. Bush
CAN WE USE THIS AGAINST HSUS & their ASSOCIATES?

One hundred ninth Congress
of the
United States of America
At the Second Session


To provide the Department of Justice the necessary authority to apprehend, prosecute,
and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror.
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 ‘‘Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act’’.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ECONOMIC DAMAGE TO ANIMAL ENTERPRISES AND THREATS OF DEATH
AND SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO ASSOCIATED PERSONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 43 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 43. Force, violence, and threats involving animal enterprises
(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever travels in interstate or foreign commerce, or uses or causes to be used the mail or any
facility of interstate or foreign commerce—
(1) for the purpose of damaging or interfering with the operations of an animal enterprise; and
(2) in connection with such purpose—
(A) intentionally damages or causes the loss of any real or personal property (including animals
or records) used by an animal enterprise, or any real or personal property of a person or entity having a
connection to, relationship with, or transactions with an animal enterprise;
(B) intentionally places a person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to that
person, a member of the immediate family (as defined in section 115) of that person, or a spouse or
intimate partner of that person by a course of conduct involving threats, acts of vandalism, property
damage, criminal trespass, harassment, or intimidation; or
(C) conspires or attempts to do so;
shall be punished as provided for in subsection (b).
(b) PENALTIES.—The punishment for a violation of section (a) or an attempt or conspiracy to violate subsection
(a) shall be—
(1) a fine under this title or imprisonment not more than 1 year, or both, if the offense does not instill in
another the reasonable fear of serious bodily injury or death and—
(A) the offense results in no economic damage or bodily injury; or
(B) the offense results in economic damage that does not exceed $10,000;
(2) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both, if no bodily injury occurs
and—
(A) the offense results in economic damage exceeding $10,000 but not exceeding $100,000; or
(B) the offense instills in another the reasonable fear of serious bodily injury or death;
(3) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both, if—
(A) the offense results in economic damage exceeding $100,000; or
(B) the offense results in substantial bodily injury to another individual;
(4) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both, if—
(A) the offense results in serious bodily injury to another individual; or
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(B) the offense results in economic damage exceeding $1,000,000; and
(5) imprisonment for life or for any terms of years, a fine under this title, or both, if the offense results in
death of another individual.
(c) RESTITUTION.—An order of restitution under section 3663 or 3663A of this title with respect to a violation
of this section may also include restitution—
(1) for the reasonable cost of repeating any experimentation that was interrupted or invalidated as a result
of the offense;
(2) for the loss of food production or farm income reasonably attributable to the offense; and
(3) for any other economic damage, including any losses or costs caused by economic disruption,
resulting from the offense.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘animal enterprise’ means—
(A) a commercial or academic enterprise that uses or sells animals or animal products for profit,
food or fiber production, agriculture, education, research, or testing;
(B) a zoo, aquarium, animal shelter, pet store, breeder, furrier, circus, or rodeo, or other lawful
competitive animal event; or
(C) any fair or similar event intended to advance agricultural arts and sciences;
(2) the term ‘course of conduct’ means a pattern of conduct composed of 2 or more acts, evidencing a
continuity of purpose;
(3) the term ‘economic damage’—
(A) means the replacement costs of lost or damaged property or records, the costs of repeating an
interrupted or invalidated experiment, the loss of profits, or increased costs, including losses and
increased costs resulting from threats, acts or vandalism, property damage, trespass, harassment, or
intimidation taken against a person or entity on account of that person’s or entity’s connection to,
relationship with, or transactions with the animal enterprise; but
(B) does not include any lawful economic disruption (including a lawful boycott) that results
from lawful public, governmental, or business reaction to the disclosure of information about an animal
enterprise;
(4) the term ‘serious bodily injury’ means—
(A) injury posing a substantial risk of death;
(B) extreme physical pain;
(C) protracted and obvious disfigurement; or
(D) protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty;
and
(5) the term ‘substantial bodily injury’ means—
(A) deep cuts and serious burns or abrasions;
(B) short-term or nonobvious disfigurement;
(C) fractured or dislocated bones, or torn members of the body;
(D) significant physical pain;
(E) illness;
(F) short-term loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty; or
(G) any other significant injury to the body.
(e) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed—
(1) to prohibit any expressive conduct (including peaceful picketing or other peaceful demonstration)
protected from legal prohibition by the First Amendment to the Constitution;
(2) to create new remedies for interference with activities protected by the free speech or free exercise
clauses of the First Amendment to the Constitution, regardless of the point of view expressed, or to limit any
existing legal remedies for such interference; or
(3) to provide exclusive criminal penalties or civil remedies with respect to the conduct prohibited by this
action, or to preempt State or local laws that may provide such penalties or remedies.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section 43 in the table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘43. Force, violence, and threats involving

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I bet you could.

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We need to let all dog clubs have this info so that if a member is subjected to a "raid" or other action by an AR group, an attorney can take a look at this "Congessional Act."

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Read it closely. Unless they are threatening "serious bodily harm", death, or intential damage to property, this doesn't give you anything to go after because it does not cover "(B) does not include any lawful economic disruption (including a lawful boycott) that resultsfrom lawful public, governmental, or business reaction to the disclosure of information about an animal enterprise;" it also does not cover peaceful protests (picketing) and does not protect anyone who is breaking other laws or ordinances from being investigated and having animals seized as part of that invetstigation.

I think a breeder here in Wisconsin tried to use this to prove that a rescue person was causing her financial lose due to advertising the number of the dogs she breed that came into rescue and the breed faults that were present in those dogs. The case was thrown out.

It is my belief that this was passed to prevent the hardcore animals rights groups from breaking into research labs, etc.

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This could cover situations where AR people raid & confiscate animals of those later (after total financial destruction & permanent loss of their animals) are found to be INNOCENT. Remember - when HSUS raids, the animals are often distributed through many states to be euthanized and sold at shelters.

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