HR 3355 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

SAFE Act of 2021

Introduced May 19, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL

Latest action · Jun 23, 2022 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .

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.

IntroducedMay 19, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act of 2021 or the SAFE Act of 2021

This bill prohibits the transporting, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation by a person of an equine (e.g., horse) that the person has reason to believe will be slaughtered for human consumption.

Cosponsors 225

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 19, 2021 to Dec 23, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Vern Buchanan	Original	May 19, 2021
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		May 20, 2021
R-NY	John Katko		May 20, 2021
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin		Jun 17, 2021
D-WA	Adam Smith		Jun 17, 2021
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Jun 17, 2021
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Jun 17, 2021
D-MI	Andy Levin		Jun 17, 2021
R-OH	Anthony Gonzalez		Jun 17, 2021
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley		Jun 17, 2021
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jun 17, 2021
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Jun 17, 2021
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jun 17, 2021
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Jun 17, 2021
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Jun 17, 2021
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Jun 17, 2021
D-MD	David J. Trone		Jun 17, 2021
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Jun 17, 2021
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jun 17, 2021
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jun 17, 2021
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Jun 17, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jun 17, 2021
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Jun 17, 2021
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jun 17, 2021
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jun 17, 2021
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jun 17, 2021
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Jun 17, 2021
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jun 17, 2021
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Jun 17, 2021
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Jun 17, 2021
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Jun 17, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Jun 17, 2021
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Jun 17, 2021
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jun 17, 2021
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Jun 17, 2021
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Jun 17, 2021
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Jun 17, 2021
D-IL	Marie Newman		Jun 17, 2021
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland		Jun 17, 2021
D-CA	Mark Takano		Jun 17, 2021
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Jun 17, 2021
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jun 17, 2021
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Jun 17, 2021
R-SC	Nancy Mace		Jun 17, 2021
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jun 17, 2021
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jun 17, 2021
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jun 17, 2021
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Jun 17, 2021
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Jun 17, 2021
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Jun 17, 2021
D-CA	Sara Jacobs		Jun 17, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jun 17, 2021
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Jun 17, 2021
D-PA	Susan Wild		Jun 17, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Jun 17, 2021
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Jun 17, 2021
R-NC	Ted Budd		Jun 17, 2021
D-LA	Troy A. Carter		Jun 17, 2021
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		Jun 17, 2021
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Jun 17, 2021
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jun 25, 2021
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Jun 25, 2021
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross		Jun 25, 2021
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Jun 25, 2021
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Jun 25, 2021
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Jun 25, 2021
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jun 25, 2021
D-HI	Kaiali'i Kahele		Jul 1, 2021
R-CA	Young Kim		Jul 1, 2021
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Jul 9, 2021
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Jul 9, 2021
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jul 9, 2021
D-IL	Lauren Underwood		Jul 9, 2021
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker		Jul 9, 2021
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Jul 9, 2021
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Jul 9, 2021
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Jul 9, 2021
D-GA	Nikema Williams		Jul 9, 2021
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Jul 29, 2021
D-CT	James A. Himes		Jul 29, 2021
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jul 29, 2021
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jul 29, 2021
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Jul 29, 2021
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Sep 14, 2021
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Sep 14, 2021
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux		Sep 14, 2021
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Sep 14, 2021
D-CA	Katie Porter		Sep 14, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Sep 14, 2021
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Sep 14, 2021
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Sep 23, 2021
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Sep 23, 2021
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Sep 23, 2021
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Sep 23, 2021
D-FL	Darren Soto		Sep 23, 2021
D-CA	Josh Harder		Sep 23, 2021
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Sep 23, 2021
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar		Sep 23, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Sep 23, 2021
D-CA	Mike Levin		Sep 23, 2021
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Sep 23, 2021
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Sep 28, 2021
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Sep 28, 2021
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Sep 28, 2021
D-NY	Mondaire Jones		Sep 28, 2021
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Sep 28, 2021
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Sep 28, 2021
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Sep 28, 2021
D-NY	Ritchie Torres		Sep 28, 2021
D-IL	Sean Casten		Sep 28, 2021
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		Sep 28, 2021
D-MA	William R. Keating		Sep 28, 2021
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Sep 30, 2021
D-IN	André Carson		Sep 30, 2021
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Sep 30, 2021
D-CO	Jason Crow		Sep 30, 2021
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Sep 30, 2021
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Sep 30, 2021
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Sep 30, 2021
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Oct 21, 2021
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Oct 21, 2021
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Oct 21, 2021
R-NY	Claudia Tenney		Oct 21, 2021
D-NC	David E. Price		Oct 21, 2021
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Oct 21, 2021
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Oct 21, 2021
D-CA	Karen Bass		Oct 21, 2021
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Oct 21, 2021
R-FL	Matt Gaetz		Oct 21, 2021
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Oct 21, 2021
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Oct 21, 2021
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Oct 21, 2021
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Oct 21, 2021
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Oct 26, 2021
D-TX	Al Green		Oct 26, 2021
D-IL	Bill Foster		Oct 26, 2021
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Oct 26, 2021
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Oct 26, 2021
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Oct 26, 2021
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Oct 26, 2021
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Oct 26, 2021
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Oct 26, 2021
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Oct 26, 2021
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		Oct 26, 2021
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		Oct 26, 2021
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Oct 26, 2021
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Oct 26, 2021
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Oct 26, 2021
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Oct 26, 2021
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Oct 26, 2021
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Oct 26, 2021
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Oct 26, 2021
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Oct 26, 2021
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Oct 26, 2021
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Oct 26, 2021
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Oct 26, 2021
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Oct 28, 2021
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Oct 28, 2021
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Oct 28, 2021
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Oct 28, 2021
R-CA	Mike Garcia		Oct 28, 2021
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Nov 3, 2021
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Nov 3, 2021
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Nov 3, 2021
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Nov 3, 2021
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Nov 3, 2021
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Nov 3, 2021
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Nov 3, 2021
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez		Nov 3, 2021
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Nov 3, 2021
D-CA	Ami Bera		Nov 16, 2021
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Nov 16, 2021
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Nov 16, 2021
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Nov 16, 2021
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Nov 16, 2021
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Nov 16, 2021
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Nov 16, 2021
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Nov 16, 2021
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Nov 16, 2021
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Nov 16, 2021
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		Nov 17, 2021
D-NY	Grace Meng		Nov 17, 2021
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Nov 17, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Nov 17, 2021
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Nov 17, 2021
D-NV	Susie Lee		Nov 17, 2021
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Nov 17, 2021
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Nov 18, 2021
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Nov 18, 2021
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Nov 18, 2021
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Nov 18, 2021
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Nov 30, 2021
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Nov 30, 2021
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Nov 30, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Nov 30, 2021
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Nov 30, 2021
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Dec 2, 2021
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Dec 2, 2021
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Jan 6, 2022
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jan 6, 2022
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jan 6, 2022
D-IN	Frank J. Mrvan		Jan 6, 2022
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Jan 6, 2022
R-NY	Nicole Malliotakis		Jan 6, 2022
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib		Jan 6, 2022
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Jan 6, 2022
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jan 25, 2022
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jan 25, 2022
D-MN	Angie Craig		Feb 11, 2022
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Feb 11, 2022
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Feb 11, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Mar 3, 2022
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Mar 9, 2022
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Mar 9, 2022
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		Apr 5, 2022
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman		May 27, 2022
R-TX	Pat Fallon		May 27, 2022
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Jun 22, 2022
R-TX	Lance Gooden		Sep 21, 2022
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury		Sep 21, 2022
R-OH	Mike Carey		Sep 21, 2022
D-OH	Shontel M. Brown		Sep 21, 2022
D-NY	Patrick Ryan		Sep 30, 2022
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Dec 14, 2022
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Dec 23, 2022

Committees 1

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 May 19, 2021
	Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee	Referred May 20, 2021Markup Jun 23, 2022Reported Jun 23, 2022

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 23, 2022Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 23, 2022Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
May 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
May 19, 2021Introduced in House
May 19, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 87, May 19, 2021, page H2613.

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. 117-87	LEGISLATIVE HEARING TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AND STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY VIA WEBEX251 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	May 26, 2022

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
R47057	Preparing for the Next Farm Bill Archived	Report	Mar 31, 2022

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: 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 Title(s) as Introduced: SAFE Act of 2021; Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act of 2021

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 19, 2021Introduced in House

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