[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2439 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2439

 To require the National Incident Based Reporting System, the Uniform 
Crime Reporting Program, and the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange 
   Program to list cruelty to animals as a separate offense category.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 10, 2007

   Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Levin) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the National Incident Based Reporting System, the Uniform 
Crime Reporting Program, and the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange 
   Program to list cruelty to animals as a separate offense category.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ON CRIME DATA BASES.

    The Attorney General shall, in consultation with the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, modify the National Incident Based 
Reporting System, the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, and the Law 
Enforcement National Data Exchange Program to list cruelty to animals 
as a separate offense category.

SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION.

    Section 1 shall be implemented not later than 12 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
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