House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-22

Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007

H.R. 137Introduced Jan 4, 2007Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Became law on May 3, 2007.

Sponsor: Rep. Elton Gallegly R-CA

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 4, 2007
Committee actionFeb 6, 2007
Passed HouseMar 26, 2007 · 368–39
Passed SenateApr 10, 2007 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentApr 24, 2007
Became lawMay 3, 2007

Latest action: May 3, 2007 — Became Public Law No: 110-22.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 137.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 137, Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007” on February 16, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 7, 2007</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 16, 2007 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18380
CBO publication date
February 16, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 137, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/137
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 137, Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007” on February 16, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 7, 2007”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 16, 2007 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18380
CBO publication date
February 16, 2007
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 137, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/137
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-27 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 1, 2007.
Source: Congress.gov, reported March 1, 2007 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/27
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 137, 110th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/137
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

303 cosponsors — 122 Republicans, 181 Democrats

181 of 303 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), W. Akin (R-MO), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL) and 273 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elton Gallegly.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-24 district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.