[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1942 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1942

  To prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines 
                      raised in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2015

  Mr. Guinta (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Buchanan, Ms. Michelle 
Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Wilson of 
 South Carolina, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Lance, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. 
Blumenauer, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Gibson, Mrs. Lowey, 
  Mr. Jones, Mr. Farr, Mr. Meehan, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. 
Pallone, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Marino, 
 Mr. Serrano, Mr. Dent, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Stefanik, Ms. 
Roybal-Allard, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Calvert, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
      Harris, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Jolly, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. 
Fitzpatrick, Mr. Israel, Mr. Kilmer, and Mr. Ruppersberger) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period 
    to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prevent human health threats posed by the consumption of equines 
                      raised in the United States.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguard American Food Exports Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) unlike cows, pigs, and other domesticated species, 
        horses and other members of the equidae family are not raised 
        for the purpose of human consumption;
            (2) equines raised in the United States are frequently 
        treated with substances that are not approved for use in horses 
        intended for human consumption and equine parts are therefore 
        unsafe within the meaning of section 409 of the Federal Food, 
        Drug, and Cosmetic Act;
            (3) equines raised in the United States are frequently 
        treated with drugs, including phenylbutazone, acepromazine, 
        boldenone undecylenate, omeprazole, ketoprofen, xylazine, 
        hyaluronic acid, nitrofurazone, polysulfated glycosaminoglycan, 
        clenbuterol, tolazoline, and ponazuril, which are not approved 
        for use in horses intended for human consumption and equine 
        parts are therefore unsafe within the meaning of section 512 of 
        the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and
            (4) consuming parts of an equine raised in the United 
        States likely poses a serious threat to human health and the 
        public should be protected from these unsafe products.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS.

    Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
331) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(ddd) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section--
            ``(1) equine parts shall be deemed unsafe under section 409 
        of this Act;
            ``(2) equine parts shall be deemed unsafe under section 512 
        of this Act; and
            ``(3) the knowing sale or transport of equines or equine 
        parts in interstate or foreign commerce for purposes of human 
        consumption is hereby prohibited.''.
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