[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2738]
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  SA 640. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. 
Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON SLAUGHTER OF EQUINES FOR HUMAN 
                   CONSUMPTION.

       Section 12515 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 
     U.S.C. 2160) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``dogs and cats'' 
     and inserting ``dogs, cats, and equines''; and
       (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``a dog or cat'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``a dog, cat, or equine''.
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