This bill establishes a specialized Animal Cruelty Crimes Taskforce within the FBI to investigate and prosecute federal animal cruelty crimes, including dogfighting, cockfighting, and crush videos. The taskforce will develop training materials to help local law enforcement identify and investigate these crimes, and it will coordinate with multiple federal agencies including the Department of Agriculture, U.S. Marshals Service, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Beginning one year after the bill becomes law and every year thereafter, the taskforce must report to Congress on the number of charges filed, convictions obtained, and investigations conducted related to federal animal cruelty offenses, broken down by the specific law violated and the state where it occurred. The legislation does not specify a funding amount but creates the operational framework for the taskforce to combat animal cruelty crimes at the federal level.
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