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American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011

Introduced: September 19, 2011 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Oct 4, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

Sep 26, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

Sep 19, 2011

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.

Sep 19, 2011

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011 - 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 that is sore or which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is sore; and (2) any horse or other equine that 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 cap on the amount of appropriations that may be used to carry out such Act.

What's happening now October 4, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

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