119-hr3623

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3623 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3623

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the transportation 
of horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing 2 
 or more levels stacked on top of one another, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 29, 2025

 Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Titus, Mr. Doggett, Ms. 
Norton, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, 
 Ms. Brownley, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Stanton, Mr. 
 Lynch, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Casten, 
and Mr. Carbajal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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 A BILL

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the transportation 
of horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing 2 
 or more levels stacked on top of one another, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Horse Transportation Safety Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF HORSES.

 

Section 80502 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (c) , by striking ``This section does 
 not'' and inserting ``Subsections

    (a) and

    (b) shall not'';

    (2) by redesignating subsection
            (d) as subsection

    (e) ;

    (3) by inserting after subsection
            (c) the following:
 ``
            (d) Transportation of Horses.--
 ``

    (1) Prohibition.--No person may transport, or cause to be 
 transported, a horse from a place in a State, the District of 
 Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States 
 through or to a place in another State, the District of 
 Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States in 
 a motor vehicle containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of 
 each other.
 ``

    (2) Motor vehicle defined.--In this subsection, the term 
 `motor vehicle'--
 ``
        (A) means a vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical 
 power and manufactured primarily for use on public 
 highways; and
 ``
        (B) does not include a vehicle operated 
 exclusively on a rail or rails.''; and

    (4) in subsection

    (e) , as redesignated--
        (A) by striking ``A rail carrier'' and inserting 
 the following:
 ``

    (1) In general.--A rail carrier'';
        (B) by striking ``this section'' and inserting 
 ``subsection

    (a) or

    (b) ''; and
            (C) by striking ``On learning'' and inserting the 
 following:
 ``

    (2) Transportation of horses in multilevel trailer.--
 ``
        (A) Civil penalty.--A person that knowingly 
 violates subsection
            (d) is liable to the United States 
 Government for a civil penalty of at least $100, but 
 not more than $500, for each violation. A separate 
 violation of subsection
            (d) occurs for each horse that 
 is transported, or caused to be transported, in 
 violation of subsection
            (d) .
 ``
        (B) Relationship to other laws.--The penalty 
 imposed under subparagraph
        (A) shall be in addition to 
 any penalty or remedy available under any other law or 
 common law.
 ``

    (3) Civil action.--On learning''.
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