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FBI Animal Cruelty Taskforce Act of 2025
To establish an Animal Cruelty Crimes Taskforce within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill establishes an Animal Cruelty Crimes Taskforce within the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate and enforce federal laws prohibiting animal cruelty, including offenses related to dogfighting, cockfighting, crush videos, and similar conduct. The Taskforce is required to produce training materials for local law enforcement on investigating and detecting animal cruelty offenses. The Taskforce must coordinate with federal agencies including the Department of Agriculture, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and others. The bill requires the Taskforce to submit annual reports to Congress detailing the number of animal cruelty charges filed (by state and specific offense), convictions, and investigations where charges were not filed.
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Sponsor (1)
23 cosponsors
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA)
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA)
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL)
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA)
- Rep. Conaway, Herbert C. [D-NJ-3] (D-NJ)
- Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15] (R-TX)
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY)
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA)
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA)
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA)
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA)
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY)
- Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL)
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA)
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL)
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ)
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI)
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Josh Gottheimer’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- BLACKSTONE $116,700
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $71,500
- KKR & CO INC. $50,600
- CENTERVIEW PARTNERS $25,000
- FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP $23,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Josh Gottheimer → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jun 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
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
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. <all>
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