HR 1942 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2015

Introduced Apr 22, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Frank C. Guinta R-NH

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 15, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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.

IntroducedApr 22, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2015

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem equine (horses and other members of the equidae family) parts to be an unsafe food additive or animal drug.

Prohibits the knowing sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for purposes of human consumption.

Cosponsors 200

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 22, 2015 to Nov 14, 2016, with 41 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-PA	Chaka Fattah	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-PA	Charles W. Dent	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-FL	David W. Jolly	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-KY	Ed Whitfield	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-PA	Patrick Meehan	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-PA	Tom Marino	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-FL	Vern Buchanan	Original	Apr 22, 2015
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Apr 22, 2015
D-NJ	Albio Sires		May 1, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		May 1, 2015
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		May 1, 2015
D-IL	Bill Foster		May 1, 2015
D-WA	Denny Heck		May 1, 2015
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		May 1, 2015
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		May 1, 2015
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		May 1, 2015
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		May 1, 2015
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		May 1, 2015
D-WI	Gwen Moore		May 1, 2015
D-CA	Jackie Speier		May 1, 2015
D-CT	James A. Himes		May 1, 2015
D-CO	Jared Polis		May 1, 2015
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		May 1, 2015
D-CA	Julia Brownley		May 1, 2015
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		May 1, 2015
D-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		May 1, 2015
D-FL	Lois Frankel		May 1, 2015
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		May 1, 2015
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		May 1, 2015
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		May 1, 2015
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		May 1, 2015
D-CA	Ted Lieu		May 1, 2015
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		May 1, 2015
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		May 1, 2015
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		May 1, 2015
D-MA	William R. Keating		May 1, 2015
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		May 1, 2015
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		May 12, 2015
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		May 12, 2015
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		May 12, 2015
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		May 12, 2015
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		May 12, 2015
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		May 12, 2015
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		May 12, 2015
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		May 12, 2015
D-MA	James P. McGovern		May 12, 2015
D-CA	Lois Capps		May 12, 2015
R-PA	Lou Barletta		May 12, 2015
D-HI	Mark Takai		May 12, 2015
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		May 12, 2015
R-CO	Mike Coffman		May 12, 2015
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		May 12, 2015
R-PA	Ryan A. Costello		May 12, 2015
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		May 12, 2015
D-WA	Adam Smith		May 13, 2015
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		May 13, 2015
D-VT	Peter Welch		May 15, 2015
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		May 15, 2015
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		May 19, 2015
D-NY	Grace Meng		May 19, 2015
D-RI	James R. Langevin		May 19, 2015
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		May 19, 2015
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		May 19, 2015
R-OH	David P. Joyce		May 20, 2015
D-NV	Dina Titus		May 20, 2015
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		May 21, 2015
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Jun 2, 2015
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Jun 2, 2015
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Jun 2, 2015
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Jun 2, 2015
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Jun 2, 2015
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Jun 2, 2015
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Jun 4, 2015
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Jun 11, 2015
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Jun 11, 2015
D-CA	Karen Bass		Jun 11, 2015
D-FL	Patrick Murphy		Jun 11, 2015
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jun 11, 2015
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jun 25, 2015
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jun 25, 2015
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Jun 25, 2015
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jun 25, 2015
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Jul 8, 2015
R-SC	Mark Sanford		Jul 8, 2015
D-IN	André Carson		Jul 27, 2015
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Jul 27, 2015
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Jul 27, 2015
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Jul 27, 2015
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Sep 8, 2015
D-CT	John B. Larson		Sep 8, 2015
D-CA	Judy Chu		Sep 8, 2015
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Sep 8, 2015
D-CA	Mark Takano		Sep 8, 2015
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Sep 8, 2015
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Sep 8, 2015
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Sep 8, 2015
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Sep 8, 2015
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Sep 8, 2015
D-FL	Alan Grayson		Sep 10, 2015
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Sep 10, 2015
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Sep 10, 2015
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Sep 10, 2015
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Sep 10, 2015
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Sep 10, 2015
D-MD	John K. Delaney		Sep 10, 2015
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Sep 10, 2015
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Sep 10, 2015
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 10, 2015
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Sep 10, 2015
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Sep 10, 2015
D-CA	Ami Bera		Sep 24, 2015
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Sep 24, 2015
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Sep 24, 2015
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Sep 24, 2015
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		Sep 24, 2015
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Sep 24, 2015
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Oct 1, 2015
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Oct 1, 2015
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Oct 6, 2015
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Oct 6, 2015
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Oct 6, 2015
R-NY	John Katko		Oct 6, 2015
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Oct 6, 2015
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Oct 6, 2015
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Oct 6, 2015
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Oct 7, 2015
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Oct 7, 2015
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Oct 7, 2015
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Oct 7, 2015
R-AZ	Matt Salmon		Oct 7, 2015
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Oct 21, 2015
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Oct 21, 2015
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Oct 21, 2015
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Oct 21, 2015
D-GA	John Lewis		Oct 21, 2015
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Oct 21, 2015
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Oct 21, 2015
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Oct 21, 2015
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Oct 26, 2015
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Oct 26, 2015
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Oct 28, 2015
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Nov 3, 2015
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Nov 3, 2015
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Nov 19, 2015
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Dec 1, 2015
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Dec 1, 2015
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Dec 1, 2015
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo		Dec 2, 2015
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Dec 15, 2015
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Dec 15, 2015
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Dec 17, 2015
D-FL	Gwen Graham		Jan 28, 2016
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Feb 1, 2016
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Feb 1, 2016
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Feb 3, 2016
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Feb 9, 2016
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Feb 9, 2016
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Feb 24, 2016
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Feb 29, 2016
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		May 10, 2016
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		May 10, 2016
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jul 14, 2016
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Sep 12, 2016
D-CA	Xavier Becerra		Sep 12, 2016
R-MI	Mike Bishop		Sep 26, 2016
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Nov 14, 2016
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Nov 14, 2016

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 15, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Apr 24, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 22, 2015Introduced in House
Apr 22, 2015Referred 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.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1214	John Rainey Memorial Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act	Related bill	May 6, 2015

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

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Apr 22, 2015Introduced in House

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