US Congress House Bill 1847 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 190-99-1)
Status: Introduced on March 30 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

PAST Act Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2017 This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to establish a new system for inspecting horses for soring, revise penalties for violations of the Act, and modify enforcement procedures. The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish requirements to license, train, assign, and oversee persons hired by the management of horse shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions to detect and diagnose sore horses. A license may not be issued to a person with conflicts of interest, and USDA must give preference to veterinarians. USDA may revoke a license for unsatisfactory performance. USDA must assign licensed inspectors after receiving notice that management intends to hire the inspectors. An inspector must issue a citation for violations and notify USDA of violations. USDA must publish information on violations of this bill and disqualify a horse that is sore. The bill prohibits a person in any horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction from causing or directing a horse to become sore for the purpose of showing, exhibiting, selling, or auctioning the horse. The bill prohibits the use of specified devices on a Tennessee Walking, a Racking, or a Spotted Saddle horse at a show, exhibition, sale, or auction. The bill increases the maximum criminal and civil liability penalties for certain violations. USDA may disqualify violators from specified activities related to horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions.

PAST Act Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2017

Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]
Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Walker [R-NC]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]
Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]
Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]
Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Sen. Ted Budd [R-NC]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Ron Estes [R-KS]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Rep. French Hill [R-AR]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]
Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-03-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2017-03-30	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1847/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1847/BILLS-115hr1847ih.pdf