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Downed Animal Enforcement Act of 2008

Introduced: March 13, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Mar 13, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 13, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 3/14/2008 S2151)
Mar 13, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Downed Animal Enforcement Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to make it a violation of such Act to: (1) slaughter any nonambulatory livestock, or prepare any carcass or carcass part or meat or meat food product from such animal, for human food use; or (2) fail to comply with the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958.

Establishes the following penalties for violations of such prohibitions: (1) gross income-based civil penalty for a first violation; (2) one-year inspection service suspension for a second violation; and (3) permanent withdrawal of inspection service a third violation.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate final regulations that provide for public disclosure of a comprehensive list of establishments at which recalled meat or poultry is known to be available for public consumption or sale.

What's happening now March 13, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Sep 24, 2008
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Mar 31, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2770: Downed Animal Enforcement Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2770/
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"S. 2770: Downed Animal Enforcement Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2770/.
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