House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FBI Animal Cruelty Taskforce Act of 2025
Official title: To establish an Animal Cruelty Crimes Taskforce within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 3, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3683.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 94, June 3, 2025, Page H2419):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3683, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3683
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
23 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 17 Democrats
6 of 23 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), David Scott (D-GA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.