[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6597 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6597

      To require the collection of data on animal cruelty crimes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2008

Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Van Hollen, and 
    Mr. Moran of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To require the collection of data on animal cruelty crimes.

    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 ``Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. DATA ON ANIMAL CRUELTY CRIMES.

    Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act 
the Attorney General shall make appropriate changes to existing crime 
data bases maintained within the Department of Justice so that data on 
all crimes of animal cruelty will be collected and made publicly 
available in a manner that facilitates analysis.
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