American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011
Latest action · Jun 9, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3692-3693)
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.
- IntroducedJun 9, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption.
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to detain for examination, testing, or the taking of evidence: (1) any horse at any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction that is sore or which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is sore; and (2) any horse or other equine that the Secretary has probable cause to believe is being shipped, transported, moved, delivered, received, possessed, purchased, sold, or donated in violation of such prohibition.
Increases the cap on the amount of appropriations that may be used to carry out such Act.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 9, 2011 to Dec 6, 2011; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| R-MA | Scott P. Brown | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Jun 9, 2011 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jun 9, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Jun 9, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3692)
- Jun 9, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3692-3693)
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 S3692Text printed S3692 | Mary L. Landrieu D-LA (text) | Jun 9, 2011 |
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.
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 |
| R42954 | Animal Agriculture: Selected Issues in the 113th Congress Archived | Report | Feb 11, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2966 | American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011 | Identical bill | Oct 4, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Animals.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2011Introduced in Senate
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.
