To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to include reporting requirements of felony convictions related to animal cruelty, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9078 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9078 To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to include reporting requirements of felony convictions related to animal cruelty, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 29, 2026 Mr. Steube (for himself, Mr. Van Drew, and Mr. Fine) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to include reporting requirements of felony convictions related to animal cruelty, 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 ``Law Enforcement Animal Safety and Harm Reporting Act of 2026'' or the ``LEASH Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. ANIMAL WELFARE DATA REPORTING. (a) Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Eligibility.--The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (34 U.S.C. 10153 et seq.) is amended-- (1) in section 502(a), by adding at the end the following: ``(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.''; and (2) in section 505(f), by striking ``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'' inserting ``to units of local government-- ``(1) with the highest annual number of part 1 violent crimes of the