# 115-hr-4202: PACE Act

115-hr-4202, PACE Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] (R-IL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4202
- Congress: 115
- Title: PACE Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
- Introduced: 2017-11-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] (R-IL)
- Cosponsors: 61
- Policy area: Animals
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Parity in Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act or the PACE Act This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the sponsoring or exhibiting of animal fights involving live birds (such as cockfights). Under current law, the fights are unlawful only if they take place in states or U.S. territories or possessions that have banned it.

## Cosponsors (61)

- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- RICHARD NOLAN (D-MN), 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA), 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3] (R-KS), 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25] (R-CA), 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL), 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL), 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] (R-FL), 2017-11-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2017-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1] (R-AZ), 2017-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2017-11-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14] (R-IL), 2017-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] (R-PA), 2017-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] (R-IL), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10] (R-CA), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- ED ROYCE (R-CA), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8] (R-MI), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2017-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2017-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY), 2017-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2017-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2017-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2017-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2017-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2017-12-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6] (R-PA), 2017-12-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2017-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2017-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2018-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] (R-PA), 2018-01-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2018-01-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] (D-IA), 2018-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] (R-VA), 2018-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2018-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2018-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA), 2018-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2018-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2018-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Faso, John J. [R-NY-19] (R-NY), 2018-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] (D-AZ), 2018-03-20T00:00:00.000Z
- FRANK LOBIONDO (R-NJ), 2018-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2018-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2018-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2018-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2018-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2018-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12] (R-PA), 2018-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2018-07-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2018-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2018-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2018-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2018-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2018-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2018-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21] (R-FL), 2018-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY), 2018-10-02T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-4202 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4202)

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