[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 27, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4667]
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  SA 3298. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation 
of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture 
through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``John 
     Stringer Rainey Memorial Safeguard American Food Exports 
     Act'' or the ``SAFE Act''.
       (b) 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.
       (c) 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:
       ``(eee) 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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