View our federal legislation priorities. Bills are listed in alphabetical order. Or, visit State Legislation to find out what we are working on in your state.
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American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act
To amend 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.
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Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act
Establishes misdemeanor penalties for knowingly attending an animal fighting event and bringing a child under 18 years old to such an event.
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Antibiotic Overuse on Factory Farms (PAMTA)
To phase out the routine non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in farm animals – a common practice to promote growth and compensate for overcrowded, stressful, unsanitary conditions on factory farms – in order to maintain the effectiveness of antibiotics for treating sick people and animals.
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BEST Practices Act
To require the Secretary of Defense to use only human-based training methods for training members of the Armed Forces in the treatment of combat trauma injuries and the management of chemical and biological casualties. Prohibits the use of animals in such training.
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Captive Primate Safety Act
To prohibit interstate commerce of monkeys, apes and other nonhuman primates in the exotic pet trade.
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CITES Resolution
To express the sense of the House regarding the contributions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
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Constrictor Snakes
To prohibit the importation of various injurious species of constrictor snakes.
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Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.
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Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act
To codify the USDA ban on the slaughter of downed cattle and strengthen it to cover other species, as well as downed calves, and ensure immediate humane euthanasia and application to livestock auctions and markets.
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Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012
To provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens, and for other purposes.
