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Senate Bill 2037
118th Congress(2023-2024)
SAFE Act of 2023
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Introduced in Senate on Jun 15, 2023
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S. 2037 (Introduced-in-Senate)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2037


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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 15, 2023

Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Fetterman) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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 2023” or the “SAFE Act of 2023”.

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”.