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Cosponsor Tally  @ 03.03.10

 

LEGISLATION
HOUSE| # of cosponsors

SENATE|# of cosponsors

Equine Protection
HR 503 | 180
S 727 | 28
Humane Transport
HR 305  60
TBD
Wild Horse Protection
PASSED! 07.17.09
S 1579 |

 
 

Cosponsors listed by State          House                      Senate

 

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EQUINE PROTECTION
 
House Bill | HR 503     Status: Pending
Introduced by John Conyers, Jr (D-MI)
Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption.

House Judiciary Committee

Senate Bill | S 727     Status: Pending
Introduced by Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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WILD HORSE and BURRO PROTECTION

 

House Bill | HR 1018     Status: Passed by House on July 17, 2009
Introduced by Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV)
Title: To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to improve the management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes.
House Committee on Natural Resources

 

Committee / House Actions:

Senate Bill | S 1579     Status: Pending
Introduced by Robert D. Byrd (D-WV)
Title: A bill to amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to improve the management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

 
Updated Text: 1971 Wild Horse and Burro Act as amended and updated with 2009 ROAM amended language by Valerie James-Patton

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EQUINE TRANSPORT
 
House Bill | HR 305     Status: Pending
Introduced by Mark Kirk (R-IL)
Title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the transportation of horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another.
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

   

Double Decker Accident in Wadsworth, IL
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Fireman Joe comforts injured horse
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ROAM legislation (HR 1018) heads to House! Read about HERE and HERE.

 

 

 

 
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No other legislation with such overwhelming support as the horse protection bills receive, have ever been denied a vote for this long. (referring to The American Horse Slaughter Protection Act)

 

 

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From Illinois

 

Cavel (last of the three slaughter plants to close, DeKalb, IL)

 

 

Representative Jim Sacia continues, year after year, his lone quest to reopen Cavel. His obsession with horse slaughter is preventing him from understanding the message he is receiving over and over again: Illinois does not want a horse slaughter plant.  

 

 

EWA: Illinois: Still Safe Haven for Horses 

Illinois pulls bill to overturn Horse Slaughter ban!  Read about it HERE, HERE and HERE

ILEHC Release | Illinois Welfare Organizations Unite to issue Joint Statement to the Illinois General Assembly Denouncing Proposed Repeal of Horse Slaughter Ban 

An Open Letter to IL Representative Jim Sacia

 

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A Blast from the Past!
 

 
These are documents of the testimony before Congress in 2006 on HR 503. The testimony from Beaver is the one that has been widely circulated because she may have perjured herself not once, but twice by stating that the CBG provides instant death. How can that be since the CBG is designed to stun, not kill?
 

Pro Horse:

Anti Horse:

 
 
This is testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary: The Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Hearing on H.R. 6598, the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act: July 31 2008
 

Pro Horse:

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