Search Results: keywords:"animal cruelty"

  • H. R. 1477 — To establish an Animal Cruelty Crimes Section within the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:650

    H.R. 1477 aims to create a new Animal Cruelty Crimes Section within the Department of Justice to better enforce federal animal cruelty laws. The bill addresses the connection between animal cruelty and serious crimes, such as violence and drug trafficking, and highlights the...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 1477 is like creating a special team of detectives to catch people who hurt animals. They want to make sure everyone works together to solve these cases and tell Congress how they're doing every year.

  • S. 3737 — To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on animal cruelty, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:1,517

    S. 3737, titled the "Animal Violence Exposes Real Threat of Future Violence Act of 2024" or the "AVERT Future Violence Act of 2024," directs the Attorney General to conduct a study on animal cruelty. The study aims to examine the factors contributing to animal cruelty, its...

    Simple Explanation

    The AVERT Future Violence Act of 2024 asks the government to study why people hurt animals and how it might lead to people hurting other people. It plans to give $4 million to help groups learn how to spot and stop this kind of behavior.

  • H. R. 7396 — To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on animal cruelty, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,532

    The Animal Violence Exposes Real Threat of Future Violence Act of 2024, or the AVERT Future Violence Act of 2024, directs the Attorney General to conduct a study on animal cruelty. The study will explore the factors contributing to animal cruelty and whether...

    Simple Explanation

    The AVERT Future Violence Act of 2024 is a plan asking a special lawyer to study why people are mean to animals and see if it means they might be mean to people too. It also provides money to help groups stop cruelty to animals.