,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfhc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #c1 #bjbe,mr4  
,gottheimer 7for himself and ,ms4       
,malliotakis7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to establish an ,animal ,cruelty       
,crimes ,taskforce within the ,federal  
,bureau of ,investigation1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,,fbi ,animal       
,cruelty ,taskforce ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 
,animal ,cruelty ,crimes ,taskforce of  
the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation  
7a7 ,establishment ,there is established
 an ,animal ,cruelty ,crimes ,taskforce 
7hereinafter referred to as the         
,taskforce7 within the ,federal ,bureau 
of ,investigation to investigate and    
enforce ,federal laws prohibiting animal
 cruelty under the jurisdiction of the  
,department of ,justice1 including cases
 relating to dogfighting1 cockfighting1 
crush videos1 and similar conduct4  7b7 

,training materials ,the ,taskforce     
shall produce training materials for    
local law enforcement on the            
investigation and detection of criminal 
offenses described in subsection 7a74   
7c7 ,coordination ,the ,taskforce shall 
coordinate with the ,department of      
,agriculture1 the ,office of ,inspector 
,general of the ,department of          
,agriculture1 the ,federal ,bureau of   
,investigation1 the ,united ,states     
,marshals ,service1 ,u4,s4 ,customs and 
,border ,protection1 and other agencies1
 as appropriate4  7d7 ,report ,on the   
date that is one year after the date of 
enactment of this ,act1 and annually    
thereafter1 the ,taskforce shall submit 
to ,congress a report on1 for the       
previous year-- 7#a7 the number of      
charges that were filed for violations  
of laws described in subsection 7a71    
disaggregated by the law alleged to have
 been violated1 the ,state in which the 
violation was alleged to have occurred1 
and the number of convictions2 and  7#b7

 the number of investigations of        
violations of laws described in         
subsection 7a7 for which charges were   
not filed4