3.0.0 2037 2025-12-05T09:07:57Z 2025-12-05T09:07:57Z Senate S S 2023-06-15 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2037 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-06-15T18:56:37Z 118 3475 HR 2023-06-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Identical bill CRS 2023-06-15 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2023-06-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2023-06-15 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2023-06-15 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2023-06-15 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2023-06-15 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2023-06-15 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2023-06-15 True K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA 2023-06-15 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2023-06-15 True F000479 Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] John Fetterman D PA K. 2023-06-15 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2023-10-26 False B001305 Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] Ted Budd R NC 2023-10-26 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2023-07-17T16:15:18Z

00 2023-06-15 Introduced in Senate 2023-10-12T16:15:34Z <p><b>Save America's Forgotten Equines Act of 2023 or the SAFE Act of 2023</b></p> <p>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.) </p> <p>Specifically, this bill prohibits a person from knowingly </p> <ul> <li>slaughtering an equine for human consumption; or </li> <li>shipping, transporting, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donating an equine to be slaughtered for human consumption or equine parts for human consumption.</li> </ul> <p>The bill subjects a violator to a fine.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>In recent years, 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.</p>

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