18 U.S.C. § 48

Animal crushing

United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective

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It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly create an animal crush video, if— This section applies to the knowing sale, marketing, advertising, exchange, distribution, or creation of an animal crush video outside of the United States, if— This section does not apply with regard to any conduct, or a visual depiction of that conduct, that is— This section does not apply to the good-faith distribution of an animal crush video to— In this section— the term “animal crush video” means any photograph, motion-picture film, video or digital recording, or electronic image that— the term “euthanizing an animal” means the humane destruction of an animal accomplished by a method that—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

Enacted byPub. L. 106-152(H.R. 1887)1999-12-09
To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish the depiction of animal cruelty.
House: 372–42Senate: no recorded tally
Amended byPub. L. 111-294(H.R. 5566)2010-12-09
Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010
House: 416–3Senate: no recorded tally
Amended byPub. L. 116-72(H.R. 724)2019-11-25
PACT Act
House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally