HR 503 · 109th Congress · Animals

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.

Introduced 2005-02-01· Sponsored by Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]· House

Bill Progress

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Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631.(2006-09-21)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2006-09-07
Roll #433
Yea 263Nay 146
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2006-09-07
Roll #433
Yea 263Nay 146
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 503, 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

Aug 18, 2006

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on July 27, 2006</p>

Full CBO report ↗

H.R. 503, 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

Aug 18, 2006

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on July 27, 2006

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (20)

11 Democrats9 Republicans