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Calendar No. 703
75Tm CONGREss SENATE REPORT
1st Session No. 688
PUNISHMENT OF PERSONS STEALING ANIMALS MOVING
IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE
JUNE 7, 1937.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MCCARRAN, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted
the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1375]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(S. 1375) to provide for the punishment of persons stealing animals
moving in interstate commerce, and for other purposes, after con-
sideration thereof, report the bill favorably to the Senate with an
amendment and recommend that it do pass.
Amendment: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in
lieu thereof the following:
That this Act shall be cited as the National Animal Theft Act.
SEc. 2. When used in this Act-
(a) The term animal shall include any.cattle, hog, sheep, horse, or mule.
(b) The term interstate or foreign commerce shall include transportation
from one State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, to another State, Territory,
or the District of Columbia, or to a foreign country, or from a foreign country
to any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia.
SEc. 3. Whoever shall transport or cause to be transported in interstate or
foreign commerce any animal, or the carcass or hide or any part of the carcass or
hide of any animal, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be punished by
a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment of not more than five years, or
both.
Ssc. 4. Whoever shall receive, conceal, store, barter, buy, sell, or dispose of
any such animal, or the carcass or hide or any part of the carcass or hide thereof,
moving in or constituting a part of interstate or foreign commerce, knowing the
same to have been stolen, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or
by imprisonment of not more than five years, or both.
SEC. 5. Any person violating section 3 of this Act may be prosecuted in any
district from, into or through which such animal, or the carcass or hide or any
part of the carcass or hide thereof, has been transported or removed.
SEc. 6. Nothing herein shall be construed to repeal, modify, or amend any
part of the National Stolen Property Act.
Amend the title so as to read:
A bill to provide for the punishment of persons transporting stolen animals in
interstate commerce, and for other purposes.
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