[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5680]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2296. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for 
herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the 
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. _____. TRANSPORTATION OF HORSES.

       Section 80502 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c), by striking ``This section does 
     not'' and inserting ``Subsections (a) and (b) shall not'';
       (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e);
       (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
       ``(d) Transportation of Equines.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Equine.--The term `equine' means any member of the 
     Equidae family.
       ``(B) Motor vehicle.--
       ``(i) In general.--The term `motor vehicle' means a vehicle 
     driven or drawn by mechanical power and manufactured 
     primarily for use on public highways.
       ``(ii) Exclusion.--The term `motor vehicle' does not 
     include a vehicle operated exclusively on 1 or more rails.
       ``(C) State.--The term `State' means--
       ``(i) a State;
       ``(ii) the District of Columbia; and
       ``(iii) a territory or possession of the United States.
       ``(2) Prohibition.--No person may transport, or cause to be 
     transported, an equine from a place in a State through or to 
     a place in another State or a place that is under the 
     sovereignty of a government that is not the United States--
       ``(A) in a motor vehicle containing 2 or more levels 
     stacked on top of each other; or
       ``(B) if the person has reason to believe that the equine 
     may be slaughtered for human consumption.''; and
       (4) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)--
       (A) in the second sentence, by striking ``On learning of a 
     violation,'' and inserting the following:
       ``(3) Civil action.--On learning of a violation of any 
     provision of this section,'';
       (B) in the first sentence--
       (i) by striking ``this section'' and inserting ``subsection 
     (a) or (b)''; and
       (ii) by striking ``A rail carrier'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--A rail carrier''; and
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) (as so designated) the 
     following:
       ``(2) Transportation of equines.--
       ``(A) In general.--A person that knowingly violates 
     subsection (d) is liable to the United States Government for 
     a civil penalty of at least $100, but not more than $500, for 
     each violation.
       ``(B) Clarification.--A separate violation of subsection 
     (d) occurs for each equine that is transported, or caused to 
     be transported, in violation of that subsection.
       ``(C) Relationship to other laws.--A penalty imposed under 
     subparagraph (A) shall be in addition to any penalty or 
     remedy available under any other law.''.
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