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Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2015

Introduced: April 30, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Apr 30, 2015
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Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2015

This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to replace the Designated Qualified Persons program responsible for inspecting horses for soring with a new inspection system. (The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.)

A sore horse must be disqualified from being shown or exhibited for at least 30 days for the first determination that the horse is sore and 90 days for a second determination and any subsequent determination.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish a single Horse Industry Organization (HIO) in order to establish a formal affiliation with the management of each horse sale, horse exhibition, and horse sale or auction, appoint inspectors to conduct inspections, contract with equine veterinary experts to advise the HIO Board on objective scientific testing methods and certification of testing results, and otherwise ensure compliance with the Horse Protection Act.

The Commissioners of Agriculture for Tennessee and Kentucky must appoint individuals to govern the HIO. Those individuals must appoint individuals representing the Tennessee Walking Horse industry.

What's happening now April 30, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Apr 30, 2015
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Apr 30, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1161: Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1161/
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"S. 1161: Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1161/.
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S. 1161, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1161/.
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