[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4241 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4241

 To amend the Horse Protection Act, to prohibit the transportation of 
horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing 2 or 
   more levels stacked on top of one another, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2023

  Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Titus, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
     Espaillat, Mr. Carson, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Thompson of 
 Mississippi, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Allred, Mr. 
Kilmer, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Payne, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Norton, Mr. Swalwell, 
  Mr. Connolly, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Moore of 
Wisconsin, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Raskin, 
 Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Garcia of 
   Illinois, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Chu, Ms. 
 Brownley, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Doggett, Mrs. McBath, 
   Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Takano, Ms. 
  Scanlon, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Williams of 
 Georgia, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
  Gallego, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Peters, Mr. Casten, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. 
Lynch, Mr. Horsford, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Cardenas, 
 Mr. Keating, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Harder of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Horse Protection Act, to prohibit the transportation of 
horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing 2 or 
   more levels stacked on top of one another, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Horse Transportation Safety Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF HORSES IN CERTAIN VEHICLES PROHIBITED.

    (a) Prohibited Act.--Section 5 of the Horse Protection Act (15 
U.S.C. 1824) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12)(A) The transport, or causing to be transported, of a 
        horse from a place in a State, the District of Columbia, or a 
        territory or possession of the United States through or to a 
        place in another State, the District of Columbia, or a 
        territory or possession of the United States in a motor vehicle 
        containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of each other.
            ``(B) In this subparagraph, the term `motor vehicle'--
                    ``(i) means a vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical 
                power and manufactured primarily for use on public 
                highways; and
                    ``(ii) does not include a vehicle operated 
                exclusively on a rail or rails.''.
    (b) Penalties.--Section 6 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 
1825) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' 
                and inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) The penalties under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not 
        apply with respect to a violation of section 5(12).''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Any person who 
                violates section 5'' and inserting ``Except as 
                specified in paragraph (5), any person who violates 
                section 5''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) A person that knowingly violates section 5(12) is 
        liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of 
        at least $100, but not more than $500, for each violation. A 
        separate violation of section 5(12) occurs for each horse that 
        is transported, or caused to be transported, in violation of 
        such section. Such penalty shall be in addition to any penalty 
        or remedy available under any other law or common law.''.
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