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S. 1915 (109th)

Virgie S. Arden American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

25 October 2005

Last action

25 October 2005 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Sponsors

Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI], Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC], Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK], Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL], Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE], Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL], Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]

Subjects

Agriculture

Source updated

6 December 2025

Agriculture

Summary

Virgie S. Arden American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act - Amends the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to detain for examination, testing, or the taking of evidence: (1) any horse at any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction which is sore or which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is sore; and (2) any horse or other equine which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is being shipped, transported, moved, delivered, received, possessed, purchased, sold, or donated in violation of such prohibition.

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Timeline

  1. 25 October 2005

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 25 October 2005

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11824-11825)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 25 October 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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