HR 503
110th Congress
House
Animals
Agriculture and Food
Arts, Culture, Religion
Auctions
Authorization
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Exhibitions
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Horses
Law
Meat packing industry
Protection of animals
Searches and seizures
Transportation and Public Works
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.
Introduced: January 17, 2007
Introduced by:
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Democratic
· Illinois
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 2, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Feb 2, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Jan 17, 2007
Referred 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.
Jan 17, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.