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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.

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act of 2025 or the SAFE Act of 2025.

Sec. 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.