Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act of 2025

H.R. 1661 · 119th Congress · Feb 27, 2025 · Lineage

A BILL

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

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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Feb 27, 2025viewing Introduced in House 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. García 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. Barragán, 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

Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act of 2025

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Prohibition on slaughter of equines for human consumption

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