Virgie S. Arden American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act - 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 which is sore or which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is sore; and (2) any horse or other equine which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is being shipped, transported, moved, delivered, received, possessed, purchased, sold, or donated in violation of such prohibition.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1915 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1915
To amend 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, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 25, 2005
Mr. Ensign (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Specter, Mr. Lott,
Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Levin, and Mr. DeMint) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To amend 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, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Virgie S. Arden American Horse
Slaughter Prevention Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SHIPPING, TRANSPORTING, MOVING, DELIVERING,
RECEIVING, POSSESSING, PURCHASING, SELLING, OR DONATION
OF HORSES AND OTHER EQUINES FOR SLAUGHTER FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION.
(a) Definitions.--Section 2 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C.
1821) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) as
paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and (6), respectively;
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as redesignated by
paragraph (1)) the following:
``(1) The term `human consumption' means ingestion by
people as a source of food.''; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as redesignated by
paragraph (1)) the following:
``(4) The term `slaughter' means the killing of 1 or more
horses or other equines with the intent to sell or trade the
flesh for human consumption.''.
(b) Findings.--Section 3 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C.
1822) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as
paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively;
(2) by adding before paragraph (6) (as redesignated by
paragraph (1)) the following:
``(1) horses and other equines play a vital role in the
collective experience of the United States and deserve
protection and compassion;
``(2) horses and other equines are domestic animals that
are used primarily for recreation, pleasure, and sport;
``(3) unlike cows, pigs, and many other animals, horses and
other equines are not raised for the purpose of being
slaughtered for human consumption;
``(4) individuals selling horses or other equines at
auctions are seldom aware that the animals may be bought for
the purpose of being slaughtered for human consumption;
``(5) the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the
Department of Agriculture has found that horses and other
equines cannot be safely and humanely transported in double
deck trailers;''; and
(3) by striking paragraph (8) (as redesignated by paragraph
(1)) and inserting the following:
``(8) the movement, showing, exhibition, or sale of sore
horses in intrastate commerce, and the shipping, transporting,
moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling,
or donation in intrastate commerce of horses and other equines
to be slaughtered for human consumption, adversely affect and
burden interstate and foreign commerce;''.
(c) Prohibition.--Section 5 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C.
1824) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (11) as
paragraphs (9) through (12), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph 7 the following:
``(8) The shipping, transporting, moving, delivering,
receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of any
horse or other equine to be slaughtered for human
consumption.''.
(d) Authority to Detain.--Section 6(e) of the Horse Protection Act
(15 U.S.C. 1825(e)) is amended--
(1) by striking the first sentence of paragraph (1);
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) and as
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
(3) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as redesignated by
paragraph (2)) the following:
``(1) The Secretary may detain for examination, testing, or the
taking of evidence--
``(A) any horse at any horse show, horse exhibition, or
horse sale or auction that is sore or that the Secretary has
probable cause to believe is sore; and
``(B) 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 section 5(8).''.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 12 of the Horse
Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1831) is amended by striking ``$500,000'' and
inserting ``$5,000,000''.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11824-11825)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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