This bill takes away even more state and individual rights than the original proposed federal run mandatory ID does. If passed the federal government will by able to tell you who to or where you can sell your private property (horse) and it gives the federal government thru USDA almost unlimited authority to seize a horse for even a slight limp or a saddle sore (probable cause to believe is sore)....This is a PETA way of moving the federal government into a humane society enforcement role, which previously has been the duties of and handled efficiently by state and local agencies and governments...
It also says the USDA (US taxpayer) must care for all unwanted horses :roll:
BAD LAW ALL THE WAY--CONTACT YOUR SENATORS TO STOP IT......
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109TH CONGRESS H. R. 503
2D SESSION
[Report No. 109617, Part I]
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 1, 2005
Mr. SWEENEY (for himself, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mrs. BONO, Mr.
BROWN of Ohio, Mr. COX, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr.
FERGUSON, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. TOWNS, Mr.
GALLEGLY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, and Mr. SHAYS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce
JULY 13, 2006
Rereferred to the Commitee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition, to the
Committee on Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 6, 2006
Additional sponsors: Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr.
PITTS, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. JONES of
North Carolina, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. FARR, Mr. KING
of New York, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. DICKS, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. GEORGE MIL-
LER of California, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. LEWIS of California, Ms.
SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. STRICK-
LAND, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. STARK, Mr.
RUSH, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. FILNER, Mr.
MENENDEZ, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. WU, Mr. SHAW, Mr. WILSON of South
Carolina, Mr. NADLER, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr.
KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Ms. WATSON,
Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. LEE, Mr. FOLEY, Mr.
OLVER, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. SCHWARTZ
of Pennsylvania, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Ms.
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SLAUGHTER, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. NEY, Mr. KIRK, Ms. WATERS, Mr.
UDALL of New Mexico, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. HAR-
RIS, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. CASTLE, Ms. VELAZQUEZ, Mr. INS-
LEE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. BERMAN, Mr.
ABERCROMBIE, Mr. LINDER, Mr. EVANS, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. ZOE
LOFGREN of California, Mr. WYNN, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr.
MCGOVERN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina,
Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs.
MCCARTHY, Mr. WEINER, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts,
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. POR-
TER, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. WOLF, Ms.
DELAURO, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. DAVIS of
Florida, Mr. CHABOT, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. HOLT, Ms. CARSON, Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. BROWN of South Caro-
lina, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. GOODE, Mrs. JO ANN
DAVIS of Virginia, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MEE-
HAN, Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania, Mr. OWENS, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr.
RYAN of Ohio, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. WEXLER, Mr.
MCCOTTER, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan,
Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr.
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. DENT, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. CASE, Mr.
FATTAH, Mr. KLINE, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin,
Mr. GERLACH, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. EHLERS, Ms.
BORDALLO, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. DOGGETT, Mrs. DAVIS of Cali-
fornia, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina,
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. KEL-
LER, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Ms. NORTON,
Mr. OXLEY, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. WAMP, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. MILLER of North
Carolina, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms.
JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr.
KUCINICH, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. FORD, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis-
sissippi, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr.
REGULA, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr.
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. BAIRD, Mr.
HYDE, Mr. SHUSTER, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. CHAN-
DLER, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. HUNTER, Mr.
WELLER, Mr. CAMPBELL of California, and Mr. BURTON of Indiana
SEPTEMBER 6, 2006
Reported adversely from the Committee on Agriculture with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
SEPTEMBER 6, 2006
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 1, 2005]
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.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON SHIPPING, TRANSPORTING,
4 MOVING, DELIVERING, RECEIVING, POS-
5 SESSING, PURCHASING, SELLING, OR DONA-
6 TION OF HORSES AND OTHER EQUINES FOR
7 SLAUGHTER FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
8 (a) DEFINITIONS.--Section 2 of the Horse Protection
9 Act (15 U.S.C. 1821) is amended--
10 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3),
11 and (4) as paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and (6), respec-
12 tively;
13 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
14 designated, the following new paragraph:
15 ``(1) The term `human consumption' means in-
16 gestion by people as a source of food.''; and
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1 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3), as so redes-
2 ignated, the following new paragraph:
3 ``(4) The term `slaughter' means the killing of
4 one or more horses or other equines with the intent
5 to sell or trade the flesh for human consumption.''.
6 (b) FINDINGS.--Section 3 of the Horse Protection Act
7 (15 U.S.C. 1822) is amended--
8 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5)
9 as paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively;
10 (2) by adding before paragraph (6), as so redes-
11 ignated, the following new paragraphs:
12 ``(1) horses and other equines play a vital role
13 in the collective experience of the United States and
14 deserve protection and compassion;
15 ``(2) horses and other equines are domestic ani-
16 mals that are used primarily for recreation, pleasure,
17 and sport;
18 ``(3) unlike cows, pigs, and many other animals,
19 horses and other equines are not raised for the pur-
20 pose of being slaughtered for human consumption;
21 ``(4) individuals selling horses or other equines
22 at auctions are seldom aware that the animals may
23 be bought for the purpose of being slaughtered for
24 human consumption; and
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1 ``(5) the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
2 Service of the Department of Agriculture has found
3 that horses and other equines cannot be safely and hu-
4 manely transported in double deck trailers;''; and
5 (3) by striking paragraph (, as so redesig-
6 nated, and inserting the following new paragraph:
7 ``( the movement, showing, exhibition, or sale
8 of sore horses in intrastate commerce, and the ship-
9 ping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, pos-
10 sessing, purchasing, selling, or donation in intrastate
11 commerce of horses and other equines to be slaugh-
12 tered for human consumption, adversely affect and
13 burden interstate and foreign commerce;''.
14 (c) PROHIBITION.--Section 5 of the Horse Protection
15 Act (15 U.S.C. 1824) is amended--
16 (1) by redesignating paragraphs ( through (11)
17 as paragraphs (9) through (12), respectively; and
18 (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
19 lowing new paragraph:
20 ``( As a pilot program to evaluate the feasi-
21 bility and practicability of imposing such a prohibi-
22 tion nation-wide, the shipping, transporting, moving,
23 delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling,
24 or donation of any horse or other equine in the States
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1 of Kentucky or New York to be slaughtered for human
2 consumption, unless the equine--
3 ``(A) is owned or controlled by a State or
4 local government or owned by an individual who
5 purchased the equine from a State or local gov-
6 ernment;
7 ``(B) will be slaughtered at a facility oper-
8 ating before the date of the enactment of this
9 paragraph; or
10 ``(C) will be slaughtered for human con-
11 sumption for charitable or humanitarian pur-
12 poses.''.
13 (d) AUTHORITY TO DETAIN.--Section 6(e) of the Horse
14 Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1825(e)) is amended--
15 (1) by striking the first sentence of paragraph
16 (1);
17 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
18 paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
19 (3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
20 designated, the following new paragraph:
21 ``(1) The Secretary may detain for examination, test-
22 ing, or the taking of evidence--
23 ``(A) any horse at any horse show, horse exhi-
24 bition, or horse sale or auction which is sore or which
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1 the Secretary has probable cause to believe is sore;
2 and
3 ``(B) any horse or other equine which the Sec-
4 retary has probable cause to believe is being shipped,
5 transported, moved, delivered, received, possessed, pur-
6 chased, sold, or donated in violation of section 5(.''.
7 (e) REIMBURSEMENT.--Section 11 of the Horse Protec-
8 tion Act (15 U.S.C. 1830) is amended to read as follows:
9 ``SEC. 11. REIMBURSEMENT OF OWNERS FOR LOSS OF
10 VALUE OF HORSES.
11 ``The Secretary shall compensate the owner of an
12 equine who disposes of such equine due to the prohibition
13 under section 5(. The Secretary shall compensate such
14 owner for the total amount of--
15 ``(1) the loss in value of the equine due to such
16 prohibition; and
17 ``(2) the costs incurred in the disposal of such
18 equine.''.
19 (f) RESPONSIBILITY UNWANTED HORSES.--The
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20 Horse Protection Act is further amended by inserting after
21 section 11 (15 U.S.C. 1830), as amended by subsection (e),
22 the following new section:
23 ``SEC. 11A. RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNWANTED HORSES.
24 ``The Secretary shall assume responsibility for any
25 equine that is unwanted by an owner.''.
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1 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.--Section 12
2 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1831) is amended
3 by striking ``$500,000'' and inserting ``$5,000,000''.
