YourVoice.Now 摘要
将虐杀动物（animal crushing）罪的最高刑期提高至15年，并新增遗弃或危害宠物的联邦罪名。
详细内容
联邦法律已将虐杀动物行为定为犯罪，但这项立法会将首次犯罪的最高监禁刑期提高到十年，累犯提高到十五年。它还新设立了一项联邦罪名，用于惩处在跨州贸易或联邦土地上遗弃宠物或其他家养动物、或对其实施暴力危害行为的人，处罚力度相同。农民、兽医、猎人、医学研究人员，以及为保护自身或财产安全而采取行动的人明确被排除在外，因此正常的动物养护和合法活动不受影响。该法案针对的是任由动物受苦或死亡的蓄意虐待和疏忽行为，而非常规的农业或休闲活动。
国会摘要
Protect our Pets Act This bill increases federal criminal penalties for animal crushing. The term animal crushing includes conduct to purposely crush, burn, drown, suffocate, or impale living animals. The bill also establishes a new federal criminal offense for abandoning or endangering domesticated animals. Current law imposes criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to seven years, or both—for animal crushing. Under this bill, an individual who commits an animal crushing offense is subject to a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both for a first offense; and a fine, a prison term of up to 15 years, or both for a second or subsequent offense. Additionally, the bill establishes a new federal criminal offense for knowingly abandoning a domesticated animal or committing an act of violence that endangers a domesticated animal. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both for a first offense; and a fine, a prison term of up to 15 years, or both for a second or subsequent offense. The bill provides exceptions, including for conduct that is (1) the slaughter of animals for food, (2) medical or scientific research, (3) necessary to protect the life or property of a person, or (4) performed as part of euthanizing an animal.
详细信息
- 国会届次
- undefinedth
- 议院
- 状态
- 行动
- 提交众议院
- 行动日期
- 2026-04-23
- 添加日期
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