[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 297 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 297

To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild 
                    free-roaming horses and burros.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2005

  Mr. Rahall (for himself and Mr. Whitfield) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild 
                    free-roaming horses and burros.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SALE OF WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSES AND BURROS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3(d)(5) of Public Law 92-195 (16 U.S.C. 
1333(d)(5)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the period and inserting the following: 
        ``Provided, That no wild free-roaming horse or burro or its 
        remains may be sold or transferred for consideration for 
        processing into commercial products.''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (e).
    (b) Criminal Provisions.--Section (8)(a)(4) of Public Law 92-195 
(16 U.S.C. 1338(a)(4)) is amended by striking ``except as provided in 
section 3(e),''.
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