[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1661 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1661

   To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to prohibit the 
              slaughter of equines for human consumption.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2025

 Mr. Buchanan (for himself, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Beyer, Mr. 
 Ciscomani, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Kim, 
   Mr. Foster, Mr. Steube, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. 
  Escobar, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Barr, Mr. Quigley, Mr. 
     Carey, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. LaLota, Mr. 
Espaillat, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Ms. Meng, Ms. 
  Pingree, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. 
  Takano, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Stanton, Mr. 
Smith of Washington, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Mrvan, Ms. Chu, Ms. 
Salinas, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Matsui, 
    Mr. Doggett, Mr. Carson, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Perez, Ms. Omar, Ms. 
McCollum, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Garcia of 
California, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Correa, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Torres of New York, 
   Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Frost, Ms. Titus, Ms. Brownley, Mr. 
Peters, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. 
  Tonko, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. 
     Beatty, Ms. Jayapal, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Neal, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. 
 Haridopolos, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. 
Amo, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Calvert, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, 
   Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Crow, Ms. Moore of 
 Wisconsin, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Huffman, Mr. 
 Gomez, Ms. Ross, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Norton, Ms. Adams, Ms. Salazar, Mr. 
   Bilirakis, and Mr. Kean) introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to prohibit the 
              slaughter of equines for human consumption.

    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 ``Save America's Forgotten Equines Act 
of 2025'' or the ``SAFE Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SLAUGHTER OF EQUINES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

    Section 12515 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 
2160) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``dogs and cats'' 
        and inserting ``dogs, cats, and equines''; and
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``a dog or cat'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``a dog, cat, or equine''.
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