FBI Animal Cruelty Taskforce Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced
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.
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- 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.
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New FBI animal cruelty taskforce
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 training materials for local police and coordinate with USDA, the USDA Office of Inspector General, the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other agencies as needed. One year after enactment, and each year after, the taskforce would send Congress a report covering the prior year. The report would list counts of charges filed (by the law alleged, the State where alleged, and the number of convictions) and the number of investigations where charges were not filed. The bill does not specify new funding or change taxes.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
NY • R
Sponsored 6/3/2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 6/4/2025
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 6/10/2025
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 6/12/2025
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 6/17/2025
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Conaway
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/23/2025
Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 7/2/2025
Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]
VA • R
Sponsored 7/14/2025
Scott, David
GA • D
Sponsored 7/14/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 7/14/2025
Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
AZ • D
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 11/28/2025
Cisneros
CA • D
Sponsored 1/12/2026
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Lofgren
CA • D
Sponsored 1/14/2026
Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]
FL • D
Sponsored 1/16/2026
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/16/2026
Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/22/2026
Kean
NJ • R
Sponsored 2/25/2026
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