To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] (introduced 1/17/2007)
Cosponsors     (200)

Status: March 2, 2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

By Date:

Rep Whitfield, Ed [KY-1] - 1/17/2007
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] - 1/17/2007
Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. [SC-5] - 1/17/2007
Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] - 1/17/2007
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 1/17/2007
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] - 1/17/2007
Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 1/17/2007
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 1/17/2007
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 1/17/2007
Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [GU] - 1/17/2007
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13] - 1/17/2007
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 1/17/2007
Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 1/17/2007
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 1/17/2007
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 1/17/2007
Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 1/17/2007
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 1/17/2007
Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] - 1/17/2007
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 1/17/2007
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 1/17/2007
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 1/17/2007
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 1/17/2007
Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 1/17/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 1/17/2007
Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 1/17/2007
Rep Bean, Melissa L. [IL-8] - 1/17/2007
Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5] - 1/17/2007
Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] - 1/17/2007
Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] - 1/17/2007
Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 1/17/2007
Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 1/17/2007
Rep Dicks, Norman D. [WA-6] - 1/17/2007
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 1/17/2007
Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 1/17/2007
Rep Chandler, Ben [KY-6] - 1/17/2007
Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 1/17/2007
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 1/17/2007
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 1/17/2007
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 1/17/2007
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 1/17/2007
Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] - 1/17/2007
Rep Campbell, John [CA-48] - 1/17/2007
Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] - 1/17/2007
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 1/17/2007
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 1/17/2007
Rep LaTourette, Steve C. [OH-14] - 1/17/2007
Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] - 1/17/2007
Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 1/17/2007
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 1/17/2007
Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr. [SC-1] - 1/17/2007
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 1/17/2007
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 1/17/2007
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 1/17/2007
Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] - 1/17/2007
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 1/17/2007
Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] - 1/17/2007
Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] - 1/17/2007
Rep Carson, Julia [IN-7] - 1/17/2007
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 1/17/2007
Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [MD-2] - 1/17/2007
Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] - 1/17/2007
Rep Linder, John [GA-7] - 1/17/2007
Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 1/30/2007
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 1/30/2007
Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-2] - 1/30/2007
Rep Castle, Michael N. [DE] - 1/30/2007
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 1/30/2007
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 1/30/2007
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2] - 1/30/2007
Rep Young, C.W. Bill [FL-10] - 1/30/2007
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] - 1/30/2007
Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4] - 1/30/2007
Rep Ferguson, Mike [NJ-7] - 1/30/2007
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 1/30/2007
Rep Bono, Mary [CA-45] - 1/30/2007
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 1/30/2007
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 1/30/2007
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 1/30/2007
Rep Davis, Tom [VA-11] - 1/30/2007
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 1/30/2007
Rep Porter, Jon C. [NV-3] - 1/30/2007
Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 1/30/2007
Rep Pryce, Deborah [OH-15] - 1/30/2007
Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 1/30/2007
Rep Klein, Ron [FL-22] - 1/31/2007
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 1/31/2007
Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] - 1/31/2007
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 1/31/2007
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 1/31/2007
Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] - 1/31/2007
Rep McNerney, Jerry [CA-11] - 1/31/2007
Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] - 1/31/2007
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 1/31/2007
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] - 1/31/2007
Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] - 1/31/2007
Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 1/31/2007
Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 1/31/2007
Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 2/13/2007
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 2/13/2007
Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] - 2/13/2007
Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [NJ-11] - 2/13/2007
Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 2/13/2007 * NO LONGER A MEMBER OF CONGRESS
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 2/13/2007
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 2/13/2007
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 2/13/2007
Rep Inglis, Bob [SC-4] - 2/13/2007
Rep Sestak, Joe [PA-7] - 2/13/2007
Rep Arcuri, Michael A. [NY-24] - 2/13/2007
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 2/13/2007
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 2/13/2007
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 2/14/2007
Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 2/14/2007
Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [PA-8] - 2/16/2007
Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3] - 2/16/2007
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 2/16/2007
Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] - 2/16/2007
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 2/16/2007
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 2/16/2007
Rep Hodes, Paul W. [NH-2] - 2/16/2007
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 3/5/2007
Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 3/5/2007
Rep Chabot, Steve [OH-1] - 3/5/2007
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 3/15/2007
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 3/15/2007
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 3/15/2007
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 3/15/2007
Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 3/15/2007
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21] - 3/15/2007
Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 3/21/2007
Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2] - 3/21/2007
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 3/28/2007
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 3/28/2007
Rep Hunter, Duncan [CA-52] - 3/28/2007
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 3/28/2007
Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] - 3/29/2007
Rep Hall, John J. [NY-19] - 3/29/2007
Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 4/17/2007
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 4/17/2007
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 4/17/2007
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 4/17/2007
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 4/17/2007
Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] - 4/17/2007
Rep Rogers, Harold [KY-5] - 4/20/2007
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 4/20/2007
Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 4/20/2007
Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 4/20/2007
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13] - 4/20/2007
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 5/7/2007
Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 5/7/2007
Rep Giffords, Gabrielle [AZ-8] - 5/7/2007
Rep Kline, John [MN-2] - 5/15/2007
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34] - 5/15/2007
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 5/15/2007
Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA-5] - 5/24/2007
Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] - 5/24/2007
Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] - 5/24/2007
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 6/7/2007
Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 6/7/2007
Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] - 6/7/2007
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 6/14/2007
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] - 6/14/2007
Rep Taylor, Gene [MS-4] - 6/14/2007
Rep Murtha, John P. [PA-12] - 6/14/2007
Rep Hill, Baron P. [IN-9] - 6/14/2007
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 6/14/2007
Rep Crenshaw, Ander [FL-4] - 6/20/2007
Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3] - 6/20/2007
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 6/20/2007
Rep Mitchell, Harry E. [AZ-5] - 6/26/2007
Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 6/26/2007
Rep Barrett, J. Gresham [SC-3] - 6/26/2007
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] - 7/18/2007
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 7/27/2007
Rep Boucher, Rick [VA-9] - 8/2/2007
Rep Fortuno, Luis G. [PR] - 8/2/2007
Rep Weller, Jerry [IL-11] - 8/2/2007
Rep Keller, Ric [FL-8] - 9/20/2007
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 9/20/2007
Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. [MD-1] - 9/27/2007
Rep Buchanan, Vern [FL-13] - 9/27/2007
Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] - 10/4/2007
Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] - 10/4/2007
Rep Reichert, David G. [WA-8] - 10/4/2007
Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] - 10/4/2007
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 10/18/2007
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 10/30/2007
Rep Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [NY-20] - 12/6/2007
Rep Bilirakis, Gus M. [FL-9] - 12/12/2007
Rep Roskam, Peter J. [IL-6] - 12/19/2007
Rep Tsongas, Niki [MA-5] - 1/23/2008
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 1/23/2008
Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] - 3/3/2008
Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 3/6/2008
Rep. Whittman, Robert J. [VA-1] - 3/14/2008
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 4/1/2008
Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] - 4/1/2008
Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3] - 4/17/2008
Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] - 4/23/2008
Rep Schmidt, Jean [OH-2] - 5/6/2008

January 17, 2007

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. NADLER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. LEE, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. BEAN, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. DICKS, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. KIRK, Mr. CAMPBELL of California, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. WOLF, Ms. CARSON, Mr. WEINER, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. LINDER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, 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. PROHIBITION ON SHIPPING, TRANSPORTING, MOVING, DELIVERING, RECEIVING, POSSESSING, PURCHASING, SELLING, OR DONATION OF HORSES AND OTHER EQUINES FOR SLAUGHTER FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

(a) Definitions- Section 2 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1821) is amended--

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and (6), respectively;

(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph:

`(1) The term `human consumption' means ingestion by people as a source of food.'; and

(3) by inserting after paragraph (3), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph:

`(4) The term `slaughter' means the killing of one or more horses or other equines with the intent to sell or trade the flesh for human consumption.'.

(b) Findings- Section 3 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1822) is amended--

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively;

(2) by adding before paragraph (6), as so redesignated, the following new paragraphs:

`(1) horses and other equines play a vital role in the collective experience of the United States and deserve protection and compassion;

`(2) horses and other equines are domestic animals that are used primarily for recreation, pleasure, and sport;

`(3) unlike cows, pigs, and many other animals, horses and other equines are not raised for the purpose of being slaughtered for human consumption;

`(4) individuals selling horses or other equines at auctions are seldom aware that the animals may be bought for the purpose of being slaughtered for human consumption;

`(5) the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture has found that horses and other equines cannot be safely and humanely transported in double deck trailers;'; and

(3) by striking paragraph (8), as so redesignated, and inserting the following new paragraph:

`(8) the movement, showing, exhibition, or sale of sore horses in intrastate commerce, and the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation in intrastate commerce of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, adversely affect and burden interstate and foreign commerce;'

(c) Prohibition- Section 5 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1824) is amended--

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (11) as paragraphs (9) through (12), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after paragraph 7 the following new paragraph:

`(8) The shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of any horse or other equine to be slaughtered for human consumption.'.

(d) Authority to Detain- Section 6(e) of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1825(e)) is amended--

(1) by striking the first sentence of paragraph (1);

(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) and as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and

(3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph:

`(1) The Secretary may detain for examination, testing, or the taking of evidence--

`(A) any horse at any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction which is sore or which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is sore; and

`(B) any horse or other equine which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is being shipped, transported, moved, delivered, received, possessed, purchased, sold, or donated in violation of section 5(8).'.

(e) Authorization of Appropriations- Section 12 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1831) is amended by striking `$500,000' and inserting `$5,000,000'.

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