[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5964. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. Graham) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1077. 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 2,000 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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