Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8923 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8923 To establish an Animal Cruelty Crimes Section within the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 2, 2024 Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Ciscomani, and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish an Animal Cruelty Crimes Section within the Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division, and for other purposes. 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 Enforcement Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) There is a significant connection between animal cruelty and violence against humans, domestic violence, child abuse, s…