[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2006 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2006

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct 
          relating to the use of horses for human consumption.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 2019

Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Whitehouse, and Ms. Collins) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct 
          relating to the use of horses for human consumption.

    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 ``John Stringer Rainey Safeguard 
American Food Exports Act'' or the ``John Stringer Rainey SAFE Act''.

SEC. 2. SLAUGHTER OF HORSES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 50. Slaughter of horses for human consumption
    ``(a) Offense.--It shall be unlawful to knowingly--
            ``(1) possess, ship, transport, purchase, sell, deliver, or 
        receive, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, any 
        horse with the intent that it is to be slaughtered for human 
        consumption; or
            ``(2) possess, ship, transport, purchase, sell, deliver, or 
        receive, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, any 
        horse flesh or carcass or part of a carcass, with the intent 
        that it is to be used for human consumption.
    ``(b) Penalty.--Any person who violates subsection (a)--
            ``(1) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more 
        than 2 years, or both; or
            ``(2) in the case of a covered offense, shall be fined 
        under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `covered offense' means a violation of 
        subsection (a) in which--
                    ``(A) the defendant has no prior conviction under 
                this section; and
                    ``(B) the conduct involves fewer than 5 horses or 
                fewer than 2000 pounds of horse flesh or carcass or 
                part of a carcass; and
            ``(2) the term `horse' means any member of the family 
        Equidae.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 3 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``50. Slaughter of horses for human consumption.''.
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