S 576
109th Congress
Senate
Animals
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Environmental Protection
Fines (Penalties)
Horses
Meat packing industry
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Wild animal trade
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management
A bill to restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros.
Introduced: March 9, 2005
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 9, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2392)
Mar 9, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to: (1) prohibit the sale or transfer for commercial product processing of any free-roaming horse or burro on U.S. public lands; and (2) repeal the provisions permitting the sale of certain excess animals or their remains, and excluding from criminal fine or imprisonment a person who processes or permits the processing of such animals' remains.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1