H.R. 1661

119 HR 1661 IH: Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-27
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1661  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 27, 2025   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    A BILL
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to prohibit the slaughter of equines for human consumption.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act of 2025   or the   SAFE Act of 2025  .
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 .