[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2678 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2678

    To prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of 
Agriculture to approve for human consumption animals that do not stand 
                          and walk unassisted.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2007

 Mr. Ackerman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of 
Agriculture to approve for human consumption animals that do not stand 
                          and walk unassisted.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING THE USE OF FUNDS TO APPROVE FOR HUMAN 
              CONSUMPTION ANIMALS THAT DO NOT STAND AND WALK 
              UNASSISTED.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
appropriated to the Department of Agriculture may be used to--
            (1) approve or pass for human consumption,
            (2) accept reimbursement, enter into a reimbursable fee 
        agreement, assess or collect a fee, or contract with any person 
        or entity to approve for human consumption, or
            (3) in any other way allow to be approved for human 
        consumption,
any cow, sheep, pig, goat, or horse, mule, or other equine that does 
not stand and walk unassisted at any time while the animal is alive at 
a slaughtering, packing, meat-canning, rendering, or similar 
establishment.
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