S. 775 119th Congress Senate

SAFE Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to prohibit the slaughter of equines for human consumption.

Introduced: February 27, 2025 Introduced by: Lindsey Graham Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov

Agriculture and Food

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Feb 27, 2025

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

Feb 27, 2025

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Save America's Forgotten Equines Act of 2025 or the SAFE Act of 2025

This bill permanently prohibits the slaughter of equines (e.g., horses and mules) for human consumption. (Current law prohibits the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. This bill extends the prohibition to equines.)

Specifically, this bill prohibits a person from knowingly (1) slaughtering an equine for human consumption; or (2) shipping, transporting, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donating an equine to be slaughtered for human consumption or equine parts for human consumption.

The bill subjects a violator to a fine.

The bill applies to conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. However, it does not apply to an activity carried out by an Indian for a religious ceremony.

As background, in recent years, the appropriations acts have prohibited the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using federal funds to inspect horses before they are slaughtered for human consumption. Therefore, there are currently no USDA-inspected horse slaughter facilities in the United States.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 39

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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for WILD BEAUTY FOUNDATION · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BLUE MARBLE STRATEGY LLC
for FASIG-TIPTON COMPANY, INC. · Kentucky · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BLUE MARBLE STRATEGY LLC
for REPOLE STABLE · Florida · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BLUE MARBLE STRATEGY LLC
for LAST CHANCE FOR ANIMALS · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
WORKHORSE LOBBYING, LLC
for UNITED STATES TROTTING ASSOCIATION (USTA) · Ohio · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
WORKHORSE LOBBYING, LLC
for NATIONAL HORSEMEN'S BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION (HBPA) · Kentucky · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
37 filings
SENATE
37 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
13 filings
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
12 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
11 filings
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
7 filings
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
6 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
6 filings

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Cosponsors 9