110 HR 6597 IH: Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of U.S. House of Representatives 2008-07-24 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6597 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 A BILL To require the collection of data on animal cruelty crimes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of 2008.

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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.