S 775 119th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food

SAFE Act of 2025

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

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

Feb 27, 2025

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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.

What's happening now February 27, 2025

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

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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
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for UNITED STATES TROTTING ASSOCIATION (USTA) · Ohio · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
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for NATIONAL HORSEMEN'S BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION (HBPA) · Kentucky · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
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for FASIG-TIPTON COMPANY, INC. · Kentucky · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026