How HR 9078 changes current law

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The bill adds new reporting requirements for felony convictions related to animal cruelty for applicants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act.

• 34 U.S.C. § 10153

  (7) A certification that, for each fiscal year covered by an application, the applicant will report to the Attorney General data on felony convictions under State law that involved cruelty to animals including the name of any individual convicted under such law.

  This new requirement mandates applicants to include data on animal cruelty felony convictions in their grant applications.

• 34 U.S.C. § 10153

  to those jurisdictions with the highest annual number of part 1 violent crimes of the Uniform Crime Reports reported by the unit of local government to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the three most recent calendar years for which such data are available → to units of local government-- (1) with the highest annual number of part 1 violent crimes of the Uniform Crime Reports reported by the unit of local government to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the three most recent calendar years for which such data are available; and (2) that submit data to the National Incident-Based Reporting System on felony convictions under State law that involved cruelty to animals including the name of any individual convicted under such law.

  This change expands eligibility for certain grants to include local governments that report data on felony convictions related to animal cruelty.