Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2013
Latest action · Apr 2, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
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.
- IntroducedMar 12, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale or transport of equines (horses and other members of the equidae family) or their parts (including flesh, meat, and viscera), or the importing or exporting of equines or their parts into or out of the United States, by any person who knows or should have known that such equines are to be slaughtered for human consumption as food.
Cosponsors 183
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2013 to Dec 3, 2014; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| R-FL | C. W. Bill Young | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| R-CA | John Campbell | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| R-NY | Michael G. Grimm | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Mar 12, 2013 |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Mar 18, 2013 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Mar 18, 2013 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 18, 2013 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Mar 18, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Mar 18, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Mar 18, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Mar 18, 2013 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Tom Marino | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Apr 11, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Apr 11, 2013 | |
| R-NJ | Jon Runyan | Apr 11, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Apr 11, 2013 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Apr 11, 2013 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Apr 16, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Apr 16, 2013 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Apr 16, 2013 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Apr 16, 2013 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Apr 23, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Apr 23, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Apr 23, 2013 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Apr 23, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Apr 26, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Apr 26, 2013 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Apr 26, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Apr 26, 2013 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Apr 26, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Apr 26, 2013 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 26, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 26, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | May 3, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | May 3, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | May 3, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | May 3, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | May 3, 2013 | |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | May 7, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | May 7, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | May 7, 2013 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | May 13, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 13, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 13, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | May 13, 2013 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | May 13, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | May 13, 2013 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | May 13, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | May 21, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | May 21, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | May 21, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | May 21, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Mark Sanford | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jun 5, 2013 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jun 5, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Jun 13, 2013 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Jun 18, 2013 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Jul 10, 2013 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Jul 22, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Jul 22, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jul 22, 2013 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Jul 23, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Aug 1, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Aug 1, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Aug 2, 2013 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Sep 6, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Trey Gowdy | Sep 6, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Sep 16, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Sep 16, 2013 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Sep 16, 2013 | |
| D-DE | John C. Carney, Jr. | Sep 25, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Sep 25, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Sep 28, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Sep 28, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Sep 30, 2013 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 30, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Sep 30, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Sep 30, 2013 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Oct 2, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Oct 2, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Oct 2, 2013 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Oct 2, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Oct 7, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Oct 7, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Oct 7, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Oct 7, 2013 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Oct 10, 2013 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Oct 10, 2013 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Oct 11, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Oct 16, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Oct 16, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Oct 22, 2013 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Oct 22, 2013 | |
| D-FL | Joe Garcia | Oct 22, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Oct 22, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Oct 22, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Oct 22, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Oct 22, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Oct 22, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Oct 24, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Lou Barletta | Oct 28, 2013 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Nov 22, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Nov 22, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Dec 12, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Dec 12, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Dec 12, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jan 27, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Jan 27, 2014 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Jan 27, 2014 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Jan 27, 2014 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Feb 5, 2014 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Feb 6, 2014 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Mar 5, 2014 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Mar 26, 2014 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Apr 28, 2014 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Apr 28, 2014 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jul 9, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Daniel B. Maffei | Jul 23, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Nov 12, 2014 | |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Nov 12, 2014 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Nov 17, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Nov 18, 2014 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Nov 18, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Nov 18, 2014 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Dec 1, 2014 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Dec 3, 2014 |
Withdrew 1 Erik Paulsen R-MN Jan 28, 2014
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2013 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 15, 2013 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 12, 2013 |
| Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee | Referred Apr 2, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 2, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
- Mar 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 12, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 12, 2013Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 E629 | Patrick Meehan R-PA | Apr 30, 2014 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5348.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
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 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the sale or transport of equines and equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2013Introduced in House
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