[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 171 (Tuesday, October 29, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1234. Ms. McSALLY (for herself and Mr. Booker) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II of division A, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 2__.  Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a 
     report to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee 
     on the Judiciary of the Senate detailing the efforts of the 
     Department of Justice to combat and enforce animal fighting 
     and animal welfare statutes, which shall include--
       (1) a break down of the number of personnel dedicated to 
     animal welfare crimes on a full-time basis, including their 
     respective departmental component;
       (2) a list of all cases involving animal welfare crimes 
     that the Department of Justice has prosecuted since 2014;
       (3) a list of investigations that were referred to the 
     Department of Justice that have been delayed or declined to 
     be prosecuted by the Department of Justice and the reason for 
     any deferral or declination; and
       (4) a qualitative description of how the Department of 
     Justice coordinates the efforts of the Department with other 
     governmental partners to ensure proper enforcement of animal 
     welfare laws.
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