Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2011 - Prohibits a person from transporting a horse in interstate commerce in a motor vehicle (except a vehicle operated exclusively on rail or rails) containing two or more levels stacked on top of one another. Sets forth civil penalties for persons who knowingly violate such prohibition.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1281 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1281
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the transportation
of horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing
two or more levels stacked on top of one another.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 27, 2011
Mr. Kirk (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg) 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 title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the transportation
of horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing
two or more levels stacked on top of one another.
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 ``Horse Transportation Safety Act of
2011''.
SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF HORSES.
Section 80502 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ``This section does
not'' and inserting ``Subsections (a) and (b) shall not'';
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e);
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Transportation of Horses.--
``(1) Prohibition.--No person may transport, or cause to be
transported, a horse from a place in a State, the District of
Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States
through or to a place in another State, the District of
Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States in
a motor vehicle containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of
each other.
``(2) Motor vehicle defined.--In this subsection, the term
`motor vehicle'--
``(A) means a vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical
power and manufactured primarily for use on public
highways; and
``(B) does not include a vehicle operated
exclusively on a rail or rails.''; and
(4) in subsection (e), as redesignated--
(A) by striking ``A rail carrier'' and inserting
the following:
``(1) In general.--A rail carrier'';
(B) by striking ``this section'' and inserting
``subsection (a) or (b)''; and
(C) by striking ``On learning'' and inserting the
following:
``(2) Transportation of horses in multilevel trailer.--
``(A) Civil penalty.--A person that knowingly
violates subsection (c) is liable to the United States
Government for a civil penalty of at least $100 but not
more than $500 for each violation. A separate violation
occurs under subsection (c) for each horse that is
transported, or caused to be transported, in violation
of subsection (c).
``(B) Relationship to other laws.--The penalty
provided under subparagraph (A) shall be in addition to
any penalty or remedy available under any other law or
common law.
``(3) Civil action.--On learning''.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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