[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3683 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3683

  To establish an Animal Cruelty Crimes Taskforce within the Federal 
            Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2025

    Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Ms. Malliotakis) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish an Animal Cruelty Crimes Taskforce within the Federal 
            Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FBI Animal Cruelty Taskforce Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. ANIMAL CRUELTY CRIMES TASKFORCE OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF 
              INVESTIGATION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established an Animal Cruelty Crimes 
Taskforce (hereinafter referred to as the ``Taskforce'') within the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate and enforce Federal laws 
prohibiting animal cruelty under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
Justice, including cases relating to dogfighting, cockfighting, crush 
videos, and similar conduct.
    (b) Training Materials.--The Taskforce shall produce training 
materials for local law enforcement on the investigation and detection 
of criminal offenses described in subsection (a).
    (c) Coordination.--The Taskforce shall coordinate with the 
Department of Agriculture, the Office of Inspector General of the 
Department of Agriculture, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the 
United States Marshals Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and 
other agencies, as appropriate.
    (d) Report.--On the date that is one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Taskforce shall 
submit to Congress a report on, for the previous year--
            (1) the number of charges that were filed for violations of 
        laws described in subsection (a), disaggregated by the law 
        alleged to have been violated, the State in which the violation 
        was alleged to have occurred, and the number of convictions; 
        and
            (2) the number of investigations of violations of laws 
        described in subsection (a) for which charges were not filed.
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