S 267 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Downed Animal Protection Act

Introduced Feb 6, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Daniel K. Akaka D-HI

Latest action · Feb 6, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1088)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 6, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Downed Animal Protection Act - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to make it unlawful for any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer to buy, sell, give, receive, transfer, market, hold, or drag any nonambulatory livestock unless such livestock has been humanely euthanized.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2001 to Jul 18, 2002; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Feb 6, 2001
D-FL	Bob Graham	Original	Feb 6, 2001
R-NH	Bob Smith	Original	Feb 6, 2001
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Feb 6, 2001
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Feb 6, 2001
D-NV	Harry Reid	Original	Feb 6, 2001
R-NH	Judd Gregg	Original	Feb 6, 2001
D-NJ	Robert G. Torricelli	Original	Feb 6, 2001
D-GA	Max Cleland		Feb 28, 2001
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin		Jul 25, 2001
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein		Jul 31, 2001
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow		Oct 4, 2001
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy		Dec 3, 2001
D-WA	Maria Cantwell		Dec 11, 2001
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd		Dec 12, 2001
D-MA	John F. Kerry		Dec 12, 2001
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy		Dec 19, 2001
R-IL	Peter Fitzgerald		Apr 11, 2002
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine		Jun 20, 2002
D-WI	Herb Kohl		Jul 17, 2002
D-OR	Ron Wyden		Jul 18, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee	Referred Feb 6, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 6, 2001Introduced in Senate
Feb 6, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1087-1088)
Feb 6, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1088)

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S1087Text printed S1088	Daniel K. Akaka D-HI (text)	Feb 6, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, to make it unlawful for any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer to transfer or market nonambulatory livestock, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Downed Animal Protection Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 6, 2001Introduced in Senate

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