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Virgie S. Arden American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act

Introduced: October 25, 2005 See on congress.gov

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Oct 25, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Oct 25, 2005

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11824-11825)

Oct 25, 2005

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Virgie S. Arden American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act - Amends 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.

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.

What's happening now October 25, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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