# 119-hr-3683: FBI Animal Cruelty Taskforce Act of 2025

119-hr-3683, FBI Animal Cruelty Taskforce Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ); status introduced (as of 2026-06-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3683
- Congress: 119
- Title: FBI Animal Cruelty Taskforce Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-11

## Summary

**FBI-led Animal Cruelty Crimes Taskforce** would investigate and enforce federal animal cruelty laws and produce training for local law enforcement to detect and investigate offenses like dogfighting, cockfighting, and crush videos. - Local law enforcement would get training materials and federal support to spot and investigate animal cruelty crimes. - Federal agencies would coordinate on investigations, including the Department of Agriculture, its Office of Inspector General, the U.S. Marshals Service, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. - The task force would submit annual reports to Congress starting one year after enactment that list counts of charges and convictions by law and state and the number of investigations that did not result in charges.

## Cosponsors (23)

- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2025-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Conaway, Herbert C. [D-NJ-3] (D-NJ), 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2025-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-11-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2026-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL), 2026-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2026-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15] (R-TX), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New FBI animal cruelty taskforce: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would create an Animal Cruelty Crimes Taskforce inside the FBI. The taskforce would investigate and help enforce federal animal cruelty laws under Department of Justice jurisdiction, including dogfighting, cockfighting, crush videos, and similar conduct. It would produce train…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-3683 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3683)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3683 (as of 2026-06-11).