US Congress House Bill 503 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 149-43-1)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to three years for possessing, shipping, transporting, purchasing, selling, delivering, or receiving any horse, horse flesh, or carcass with the intent that it be used for human consumption. Reduces the prison term to one year if the offense involves less than five horses or less than 2,000 pounds of horse flesh or carcass and the offender has no prior conviction for this offense.

Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2009

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. John Adler [D-NJ]	Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]
Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]	Rep. Brian Baird [D-WA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Rep. Gresham Barrett [R-SC]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Melissa Bean [D-IL]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL]	Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]
Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Rep. Anh Cao [R-LA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Castle [R-DE]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Norman Dicks [D-WA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. David Dreier [R-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R-CA]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. John Hall [D-NY]	Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]
Rep. Jane Harman [D-CA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Bob Inglis [R-SC]	Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]
Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI]	Rep. Mary Kilroy [D-OH]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Rep. Ron Klein [D-FL]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. John Linder [R-GA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Harry Mitchell [D-AZ]	Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. John Murtha [D-PA]
Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]
Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D-TX]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]
Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. John Spratt [D-SC]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D-CA]
Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]	Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]
Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-16		Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2009-01-14		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB727 (Same As) 2009-03-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3926)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/503/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr503/BILLS-111hr503ih.pdf