HR 503
109th Congress
House
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…
Official title: To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: 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.
Animals
Agriculture and FoodArts, Culture, ReligionAuctionsAuthorization
More subjectsShow fewer subjects
CommerceCompensation (Law)Crime and Law EnforcementDepartment of AgricultureEconomics and Public FinanceExhibitionsFines (Penalties)Government Operations and PoliticsHorsesKentuckyLawMeat packing industryNew York StateProtection of animalsSearches and seizuresTransportation and Public Works
Everywhere this bill has been
36 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 21, 2006
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631.
Sep 20, 2006
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Sep 19, 2006
Papers returned to House pursuant to H. Res. 1011.
Sep 19, 2006
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 18, 2006
Returned to the House pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1011 by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 18, 2006
Previous actions vitiated by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9686)
Sep 11, 2006
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 603.
Sep 8, 2006
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Sep 7, 2006
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 981, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the King (IA) amendment.
Sep 7, 2006
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 7, 2006
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 263 - 146, 1 Present (Roll No. 433).
Sep 7, 2006
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H6336)
Sep 7, 2006
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 503.
Sep 7, 2006
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
Sep 7, 2006
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the King (IA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. King (IA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
Sep 7, 2006
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Goodlatte amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Goodlatte demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
Sep 7, 2006
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 981, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Goodlatte amendment.
Sep 7, 2006
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour and 20 minutes of general debate on H.R. 503.
Sep 7, 2006
The Speaker designated the Honorable Adam H. Putnam to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Sep 7, 2006
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 981 and Rule XVIII.
Sep 7, 2006
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 503 with 1 hour and 20 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
Sep 7, 2006
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 981. (consideration: CR H6316-6337)
Sep 7, 2006
ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Boehner asked unanimous consent that, during further proceedings today in the House and in Committee of the Whole, the Chair be authorized to reduce to two minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any question that otherwise could be subjected to five-minute voting under clause 8 or 9 of rule 20 or under clause 6 of rule 18. Agreed to without objection.
Sep 7, 2006
Rule H. Res. 981 passed House.
Sep 6, 2006
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 981 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 503 with 1 hour and 20 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
Sep 6, 2006
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 357.
Sep 6, 2006
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Sep 6, 2006
Reported adversely (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 109-617, Part I.
Sep 6, 2006
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
Jul 26, 2006
Committee Hearings Held.
Jul 25, 2006
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 13, 2006
Rereferred 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.
May 18, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 5/19/2006 H2839)
Feb 25, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Feb 1, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 1, 2005
Introduced in House
Votes taken on this bill
1
| Date | Chamber | What was voted on | Result | Yes–No | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2006 | House · vote #433 | On Passage | Passed | 263–146 | See who voted → |
Amendments to this bill
2
Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.
2 failed
| Amendment | Sponsor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HAMDT 1,205 | – | Failed |
| HAMDT 1,204 | – | Failed |
Ask about this bill
Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.
Latest action
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631.
Plain-English summary
Amends the Horse Protection Act to define: (1) "human consumption" as ingestion by people as a source of food; and (2) "slaughter" as the killing of one or more horses or other equines with the intent to sell or trade the flesh for human consumption.
Sets forth additional congressional findings.
Prohibits the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption.
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to detain for examination, testing, or the taking of evidence: (1) 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 (2) 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 such prohibition.
Increases the annual authorization of appropriations.
Related & companion bills
3
Bill text
4 versions
- Engrossed in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- Placed on Calendar Senate Formatted Text PDF
- Reported in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
53
R
Rogers, Harold
D
Moore, Gwen
BAIRD, BRIAN
Shuster, Bill
R
Aderholt, Robert B.
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
DeGette, Diana
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
D
Schiff, Adam B.
WAMP, ZACH
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
DIAZ-BALART, LINCOLN
Barrett, J.
INGLIS, BOB
D
Doggett, Lloyd
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
Bordallo, Madeleine
EHLERS, VERNON
D
Case, Ed
D
Clyburn, James E.
D
Kaptur, Marcy
KILPATRICK, CAROLYN
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
D
Green, Al
BROWN, HENRY
D
Larson, John B.
D
Matsui, Doris O.
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
D
Neal, Richard E.
R
Smith, Christopher H.
D
Markey, Edward J.
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Lofgren, Zoe
LINDER, JOHN
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
D
Waters, Maxine
D
Baldwin, Tammy
KENNEDY, PATRICK
D
Larsen, Rick
D
McCollum, Betty
D
Nadler, Jerrold
TAYLOR, GENE
R
Wilson, Joe
LEWIS, JERRY
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Sherman, Brad
Page 1 of 2
Next
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 503: 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.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-503/
"H.R. 503: 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.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-503/.
H.R. 503, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-503/.
[H.R. 503: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-503/)