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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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save America’s For-
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gotten Equines Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Act of 2023’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SLAUGHTER OF EQUINES FOR
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HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
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Section 12515 of the Agriculture Improvement Act
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of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 2160) is amended—
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(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘DOGS
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AND
CATS’’ and inserting ‘‘DOGS, CATS, AND
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EQUINES’’; and
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(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a dog or cat’’
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each place it appears and inserting ‘‘a dog, cat, or
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equine’’.
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