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H.R. 2519 (108th)

Downed Animal Protection Act

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Introduced

19 June 2003

Last action

24 June 2003 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.

Sponsors

Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1], Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6], Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2], Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-34], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12], Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Deutsch, Peter [D-FL-20], Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Hobson, David L. [R-OH-7], Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5], Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]

Subjects

Agriculture

Source updated

18 August 2025

Agriculture

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Summary

Downed Animal Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations to provide for the humane treatment, handling, and disposition of nonambulatory livestock by a covered entity, including a requirement that nonambulatory livestock be humanely euthanized. Provides that an entity shall: (1) not move nonambulatory livestock while such livestock is conscious; and (2) humanely euthanize such livestock. Prohibits an establishment covered by the Federal Meat Inspection Act to pass nonambulatory livestock through inspection. Defines "covered entity," and "humanely euthanize."

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Timeline

  1. 19 June 2003

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 19 June 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 19 June 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 24 June 2003

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.

    Source: Committee

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