1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Better Collaboration, Accountability, and Regulatory Enforcement for Animals Act of 2023 or the Better CARE for Animals Act of 2023 . 2. Strengthening animal welfare enforcement (a) Definitions Section 2 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2132 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking of the United States or his representative who shall be an employee of the United States and inserting or a representative of the Secretary of Agriculture, who shall be an employee of the ; (2) in subsection (c)(1), by adding or at the end after the semicolon; and (3) in each of subsections (a) through (o)— (A) by inserting a subsection heading, the text of which comprises the term defined in the subsection; (B) by reordering the subsections so as to appear in alphabetical order based on the subsection headings (as so added); and (C) by redesignating the subsections (as so reordered) appropriately. (b) Sale or transportation without license Section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2134 ) is amended to read as follows: 4. Sale or transportation without license No dealer or exhibitor shall do any of the following in commerce: exhibit, purchase, offer to purchase, sell, offer to sell, transport, or offer for transportation any animal, unless the dealer or exhibitor has a valid license from the Secretary that has not been suspended. . (c) Investigations and inspections Section 16(c) of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2146(c) ) is amended in the fourth sentence by striking enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of this Act, and inserting enforce, prevent, and restrain violations of this Act, or any rule, standard, or regulation promulgated pursuant to this Act, . (d) Civil penalty Section 19 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2149 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (d), in the first sentence, by inserting , or any rule, standard, or regulation promulgated thereunder, before shall