US Congress Senate Bill 727 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-5-2)
Status: Introduced on March 26 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3926)
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

Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Roland Burris [D-IL]
Sen. Robert Byrd [D-WV]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D-CT]	Sen. John Ensign [R-NV]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Edward Kennedy [D-MA]	Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Paul Kirk [D-MA]
Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]
Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-26		Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3926)
2009-03-26		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3925-3926)

HB503 (Same As) 2009-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/727/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s727/BILLS-111s727is.pdf