[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 576 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 576

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 9, 2005

   Mr. Byrd introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 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) Prohibition.--Section 3 of Public Law 92-195 (16 U.S.C. 1333) 
(as amended by section 142(a) of Public Law 108-447 (118 Stat. 3070)) 
is amended by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Prohibition of Sale of Wild Free-roaming Horses and Burros.--
No wild free-roaming horse or burro or the remains of a wild free-
roaming horse or burro may be sold or transferred for consideration for 
processing into commercial products.''.
    (b) Criminal Provisions.--Section 8(a)(4) of Public Law 92-195 (16 
U.S.C. 1338(a)(4)) (as amended by section 142(b) of Public Law 108-447 
(118 Stat. 3071)) is amended by striking ``except as provided in 
section 3(e),''.
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