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American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011

Introduced: June 9, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Jun 9, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3692-3693)
Jun 9, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3692)
Jun 9, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 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 June 9, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3692-3693)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2966 Identical bill American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 8 Republican 2 Independent 1
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Jul 21, 2011
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Jul 19, 2011
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 18, 2011
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jul 6, 2011
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jun 30, 2011
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jun 15, 2011
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jun 9, 2011
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jun 9, 2011
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Jun 9, 2011
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 9, 2011
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jun 9, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1176: American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1176/
MLA
"S. 1176: American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1176/.
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S. 1176, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1176/.
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