Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008
Latest action · Oct 3, 2008 House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Jan. 3, 2009.
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.
- IntroducedJul 24, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to three years for possessing, shipping, transporting, purchasing, selling, delivering, or receiving: (1) any horse (i.e., member of the family Equidae) with the intent that it be slaughtered for human consumption; or (2) any horse flesh or carcass with the intent that it be used for human consumption. Reduces the prison term to one year if the offense involves less than five horses or less than 2,000 pounds of horse flesh or carcass and the offender has no prior conviction for this offense.
Requires the Attorney General to provide for the humane placement or disposition of any horse seized in connection with an offense under this Act.
Cosponsors 124
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 24, 2008 to Dec 9, 2008; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Original | Jul 24, 2008 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Jul 24, 2008 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | Jul 24, 2008 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jul 24, 2008 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Jul 24, 2008 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jul 24, 2008 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jul 24, 2008 |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Original | Jul 24, 2008 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jul 24, 2008 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Jul 24, 2008 |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | Jul 24, 2008 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Jul 24, 2008 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-AZ | Gabrielle Giffords | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Patrick J. Murphy | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Ron Klein | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Aug 1, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Aug 1, 2008 | |
| R-FL | C. W. Bill Young | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| R-OH | Jean Schmidt | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| R-MD | Wayne T. Gilchrest | Sep 8, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Sep 10, 2008 | |
| D-WV | Alan B. Mollohan | Sep 15, 2008 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Sep 15, 2008 | |
| D-AZ | Harry E. Mitchell | Sep 15, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Sep 15, 2008 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Sep 15, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Sep 15, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Sep 15, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Sep 16, 2008 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Sep 16, 2008 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Sep 16, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Sep 16, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Sep 24, 2008 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Sep 24, 2008 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Sep 24, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Sep 24, 2008 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Sep 24, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| R-SC | Bob Inglis | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| R-PR | Luis G. Fortuno | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Sep 25, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Sep 26, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Sep 26, 2008 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Sep 26, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Oct 3, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Nov 19, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Nov 19, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Dec 9, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 24, 2008Markup Sep 23, 2008Reported Sep 29, 2008 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Jul 25, 2008Discharged Sep 23, 2008 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2008 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 3, 2008House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Jan. 3, 2009.
- Oct 2, 2008House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 3, 2008.
- Sep 29, 2008House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 2, 2008.
- Sep 28, 2008Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 110-901, Part I.
- Sep 28, 2008Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Agriculture for a period ending not later than Sept. 29, 2008 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(a), rule X.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1551 | John Conyers, Jr. D-MI | Jul 24, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 25, 2008H.R. 6598, Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 23, 2008</p>
- Sep 25, 2008H.R. 6598, Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 23, 2008
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-201 | PREVENTION OF EQUINE CRUELTY ACT OF 2008, AND THE ANIMAL CRUELTY STATISTICS ACT OF 2008403 pages | Judiciary Committee | Jul 31, 2008 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS21842 | Horse Slaughter Prevention Bills and Issues Archived | Report | Jun 28, 2013 |
| RS21978 | Humane Treatment of Farm Animals: Overview and Issues Archived | Report | May 9, 2011 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 24, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
