,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajid  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ab1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,meehan 7for himself1 ,ms4         
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,grimm1 ,mr4 ,rahall1 
,mr4 ,whitfield1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4      
,young of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4 
,gerlach1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,lance1  
,mr4 ,george ,miller of ,california1    
,mr4 ,lo,biondo1 ,mr4 ,peters of        
,michigan1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,ms4      
,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,campbell1 ,mr4 ,king of   
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,gibson1 ,mr4 ,jones1  
and ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south ,carolina7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce1 and in addition to the   
,committee on ,agriculture1 for a period
 to be subsequently determined by the   
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the sale or     
transport of equines and equine parts in
 interstate or foreign commerce for     

human consumption4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,safeguard ,american ,food ,exports ,act
 of #bjac4  #b4 ,findings ,congress     
finds that--  7#a7 horses and other     
equines are domestic animals that are   
used primarily for recreation1 pleasure1
 and sport2  7#b7 unlike cows1 pigs1 and
 other domesticated species1 horses and 
other members of the equidae family are 
not raised for the purpose of human     
consumption2  7#c7 equines raised in the
 ,united ,states are frequently treated 
with drugs1 including phenylbutazone1   
acepromazine1 boldenone undecylenate1   
omeprazole1 ketoprofen1 xylazine1       
hyaluronic acid1 nitrofurazone1         
polysulfated glycosaminoglycan1         
clenbuterol1 tolazoline1 and ponazuril1 
which are not approved for use in horses
 intended for human consumption2  7#d7  
consuming parts of an equine raised in  
the ,united ,states likely poses a      
serious threat to human health and the  
public should be protected from these   

unsafe products2 and  7#e7 the sale and 
transport of equines for the purpose of 
processing for human consumption1 and   
the sale and transport of equine parts  
for human consumption1 are economic in  
nature and substantially affect         
interstate and foreign commerce4  #c4   
,prohibitions ,section #cja of the      
,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic    
,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cca7 is amended by 
adding at the end the following3  7ccc7 
7#a7 ,notwithstanding any other         
provision of law1 the sale or transport 
of equines in interstate commerce1 or   
the importing or exporting 7or offering 
for import or export7 of equines into or
 out of the ,united ,states1 by any     
person who knows or reasonably should   
have known that such equines are to be  
slaughtered for human consumption as    
food4  7#b7 ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of law1 the sale or transport 
of equine parts 7including flesh1 meat1 
and viscera7 in interstate commerce1 or 
the importing or exporting 7or offering 

for import or export7 of such parts into
 or out of the ,united ,states1 by any  
person who knows or reasonably should   
have known that such equine parts are to
 be used for human consumption as food4 
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