HR8723-119

In Committee

FIGHT Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced May 11, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, FIGHT Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HE4E988A46EA04AA689C8157C2FD75B25: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fighting Inhumane Gambling and High-risk Trafficking Act of 2026 or the FIGHT Act of 2026.
  • Section H98B88C2C438E458B824E1F10A0B0953C: 2. Animal fighting Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) is amended— by striking the section designation and header and all that follows through...
  • Section H77339657F73144768313378E69BF4B7B: 26. Sponsoring or exhibiting an animal in, attending, causing an individual who has not attained the age of 16 to attend, or gambling on, an animal fighting...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, FIGHT Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

This bill, FIGHT Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 11, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

May 11, 2026

Introduced in House

May 11, 2026

Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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