Introduced:
Feb 27, 2025
Policy Area:
Agriculture and Food
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Feb 27, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Summaries (1)
Introduced in Senate
- Feb 27, 2025
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<p><strong>Save America's Forgotten Equines Act of 2025 or the SAFE Act of 2025</strong></p><p>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.) </p><p>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.</p><p>The bill subjects a violator to a fine.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>
Actions (2)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Senate
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 10000
Feb 27, 2025
Subjects (1)
Agriculture and Food
(Policy Area)
Cosponsors (4)
(D-PA)
Sep 30, 2025
Sep 30, 2025
(R-LA)
Sep 30, 2025
Sep 30, 2025
(R-ME)
Sep 16, 2025
Sep 16, 2025
(D-NM)
Feb 27, 2025
Feb 27, 2025
Full Bill Text
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Version: Introduced in Senate
Version Date: Feb 27, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 2:06 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 775 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 775
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to prohibit the
slaughter of equines for human consumption.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 27, 2025
Mr. Graham (for himself and Mr. Lujan) 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 Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 775 Introduced in Senate
(IS) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 775
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to prohibit the
slaughter of equines for human consumption.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 27, 2025
Mr. Graham (for himself and Mr. Lujan) 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 Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Save America's Forgotten Equines Act
of 2025'' or the ``SAFE Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2.
Section 12515 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.
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''.
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(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''.
<all>