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S. 311

S.311

Title: A bill 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: Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] (introduced 1/17/2007)
Cosponsors (37)

Latest Major Action: 1/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Latest Major Action: 11/14/2007 - Placed on Calendar.
Calendar No. 488.
Senate Reports: 110-229

By Date:

Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 1/17/2007
Sen Byrd, Robert C. [WV] - 1/17/2007
Sen Carper, Thomas R. [DE] - 1/17/2007
Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] - 1/17/2007
Sen Ensign, John [NV] - 1/17/2007
Sen Graham, Lindsey [SC] - 1/17/2007
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 1/17/2007
Sen Levin, Carl [MI] - 1/17/2007
Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] - 1/17/2007
Sen Reed, Jack [RI] - 1/17/2007
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 1/17/2007
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] - 1/24/2007
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] - 1/24/2007
Sen McCain, John [AZ] - 1/24/2007
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 2/5/2007
Sen Stevens, Ted [AK] - 2/5/2007
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] - 2/5/2007
Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] - 2/5/2007
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 2/5/2007
Sen Lott, Trent [MS] - 2/28/2007 *NO LONGER A MEMBER OF CONGRESS
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - 2/28/2007
Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] - 3/13/2007
Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] - 3/13/2007
Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] - 4/16/2007
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] - 4/25/2007
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 5/2/2007
Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] - 5/2/2007
Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon [RI] - 6/11/2007
Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] - 6/15/2007
Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon [RI] - 6/11/2007
Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] - 8/1/2007
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] - 10/2/2007
Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 10/16/2007
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] - 10/18/2007
Sen Murkowski, Lisa [AK] - 10/18/2007
Sen Bayh, Evan [IN] - 10/18/2007
Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 11/2/2007
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 11/6/2007
Sen Obama, Barack [IL] - 12/18/2007

S 311 IS

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 311

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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 17, 2007

Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. ENSIGN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. KERRY, Mr. REED, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. GRAHAM, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. SNOWE, and Mr. BYRD) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

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 redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following:

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

(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following:

`(4) The term `slaughter' means the killing of 1 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 redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following:

`(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 redesignated by paragraph (1)) and inserting the following:

`(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:

`(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 redesignated by paragraph (2)) the following:

`(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 that is sore or that the Secretary has probable cause to believe is sore; and

`(B) any horse or other equine that 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'.