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S. 775

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 775, the SAFE Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Feb 27, 2025 by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) with 9 co-sponsors. It was referred to Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry, and last saw action on Feb 27, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Record

Text

S. 775 has 9 co-sponsors.

sb775/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S775 IS: Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-02-27
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 775  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   February 27, 2025   Mr. Graham  (for himself and  Mr. Luján ) 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.
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 .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-02-27
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in Senate Feb 27, 2025

sb775/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (02/27/2025)

Save America's Forgotten Equines Act of 2025 or the SAFE Act of 2025

This bill permanently prohibits the slaughter of equines (e.g., horses and mules) for human consumption. (Current law prohibits the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. This bill extends the prohibition to equines.)

Specifically, this bill prohibits a person from knowingly (1) slaughtering an equine for human consumption; or (2) shipping, transporting, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donating an equine to be slaughtered for human consumption or equine parts for human consumption.

The bill subjects a violator to a fine.

The bill applies to conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. However, it does not apply to an activity carried out by an Indian for a religious ceremony.

As background, in recent years, the appropriations acts have prohibited the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using federal funds to inspect horses before they are slaughtered for human consumption. Therefore, there are currently no USDA-inspected horse slaughter facilities in the United States.

Sponsors

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) sponsors S. 775, and 9 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 775 went before 1 committee: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Referred To · Feb 27, 2025 · 334 Bills

Actions

S. 775 has taken 2 actions since Feb 27, 2025.

ChamberAction
Feb 27, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Feb 27, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 775 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 775, as Identical bill.

Titles

S. 775 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • SAFE Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • SAFE Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to prohibit the slaughter of equines for human consumption. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

16 clients hired 13 firms and 41 registered lobbyists who named S. 775 in 55 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Animals, Budget/Appropriations, Pharmacy, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Immigration, Agriculture, Clean Air and Water (quality).

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
UNITED STATES TROTTING ASSOCIATION (USTA)nonprofit associationOhio16$180K
NATIONAL HORSEMEN'S BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION (HBPA)organization representing the horsemens interestsKentucky16$120K
PUBLIC LANDS COUNCIL—District of Columbia16$15K
HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND—District of Columbia16—
BCBSM INC—Minnesota14—
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia14—
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INC—Florida14—
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN—District of Columbia14—
GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION—Florida14—
WILD BEAUTY FOUNDATIONnonprofitCalifornia13$60K
LAST CHANCE FOR ANIMALSLCA is dedicated to eliminating animal exploitation.California13$22.5K
HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND (FKA HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND)Animal welfare organization.District of Columbia11$30K
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS INC—Kansas11—
FASIG-TIPTON COMPANY, INC.Thoroughbred auction companyKentucky11—
REPOLE STABLESThoroughbred RacingFlorida11—
VIATRIS INC—Pennsylvania11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
THE INGRAM GROUP LLC212$300K
HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND)16—
PUBLIC LANDS COUNCIL16$15K
BLUE MARBLE STRATEGY LLC35$22.5K
BCBSM, INC.14—
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION14—
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC.14—
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN14—
GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION14—
BICE POLICY GROUP13$60K
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD11$30K
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS, INC.11—
VIATRIS INC.11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 41.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
AMANDA BUNNING KELSEY1212
TESSA BERNER1212
THOMAS GILES228
AIMEE COLLINS-MANDEVILLE116
ANNA MARIE MALLOY116
EVAN MEYERS126
GILLIAN LYONS116
JAMES EDMONDS116
JENNIFER ESKRA116
KAITLYNN GLOVER116
MIRIAM BRODY116
SARA AMUNDSON116
TIFFANY MENDOZA-FARFAN116
TRACIE LETTERMAN116
WELDON COUSINS116
CHRISTOPHER HEYDE135
ALYSSA PALISI114
AMANDA INGRAM JACOBS114
AMANDA SCHWARTZ114
AMY MODLIN114

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATIONBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$1.4M4th Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATIONBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$1.2M2nd Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATIONBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$1.2M1st Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATIONBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$1.2M3rd Quarter - Report
VIATRIS INCVIATRIS INC.2025 first_quarter$590K1st Quarter - Report
HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUNDHUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND)2025 second_quarter$300K2nd Quarter - Report
HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUNDHUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND)2025 first_quarter$300K1st Quarter - Amendme…
HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUNDHUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND)2026 second_quarter$280K2nd Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGANBLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN2025 fourth_quarter$266K4th Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGANBLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN2025 third_quarter$266K3rd Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGANBLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN2025 second_quarter$266K2nd Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGANBLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN2025 first_quarter$266K1st Quarter - Report
HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUNDHUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND)2025 third_quarter$250K3rd Quarter - Report
HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUNDHUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND)2026 first_quarter$220K1st Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INCBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC.2025 first_quarter$210K1st Quarter - Report
HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUNDHUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND)2025 fourth_quarter$180K4th Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INCBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC.2025 second_quarter$120K2nd Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INCBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC.2025 fourth_quarter$90K4th Quarter - Report
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INCBLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC.2025 third_quarter$80K3rd Quarter - Report
BCBSM INCBCBSM, INC.2025 third_quarter$32K3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 775 under Agriculture and Food, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 775’s is Agriculture and Food.

s775/policy-areas.txt
Agriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

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