HR 857
108th Congress
House
Animals
Agriculture and Food
Arrest
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Euthanasia
Export controls
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Grants-in-aid
Health
Horses
Import restrictions
Law
Meat
American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act
Introduced: February 13, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 3, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 3, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Feb 13, 2003
Introduced in House
Feb 13, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Ways and Means, 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.
Plain-English summary
The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act - Prohibits a person from: (1) slaughtering a horse for human consumption; (2) importing to, or exporting from, the United States horseflesh or horses for human consumption; (3) selling, bartering, transferring, receiving, or distributing horseflesh or horses for human consumption; or (4) soliciting or knowingly causing any such actions.
Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) criminal and civil penalties; (2) enforcement authority of the Secretary of Agriculture; (3) placement of confiscated horses; (4) euthanasia of unplaceable or severely injured or diseased horses; (4) funding of animal rescue facilities; and (5) exemptions.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.