US Congress House Bill 1157 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Pending: House Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses the protection of horses. Specifically, the bill replaces the Designated Qualified Persons program responsible for inspecting horses for soring with a new inspection system. The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness. The Department of Agriculture must establish a single Horse Industry Organization (HIO) in order to establish a formal affiliation with the management of each horse sale, horse exhibition, and horse sale or auction, and appoint inspectors to conduct inspections. The Commissioners of Agriculture for Tennessee and Kentucky must appoint individuals to the HIO. Those individuals must appoint individuals representing the Tennessee Walking Horse industry.

Horse Protection Amendments Act

Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. James Comer [R-KY]
Rep. Tim Burchett [R-TN]	Rep. John Rose [R-TN]	Rep. David Kustoff [R-TN]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Mark Green [R-TN]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]
Rep. Ben Cline [R-VA]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
2019-02-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-02-13	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1157/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1157/BILLS-116hr1157ih.pdf