US Congress House Bill 3268 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 178-94-1)
Status: Introduced on July 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

PAST Act Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2015 This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to establish a new system for inspecting horses for soring, revise penalties for violations of the Act, and modify enforcement procedures. 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 (USDA) must establish requirements to license, train, assign, and oversee persons hired by the management of horse shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions to detect and diagnose sore horses. A license may not be issued to a person with conflicts of interest, and USDA must give preference to veterinarians. USDA may revoke a license for unsatisfactory performance. USDA must assign licensed inspectors after receiving notice that management intends to hire the inspectors. An inspector must issue a citation for violations and notify USDA of violations. USDA must publish information on violations of this bill and disqualify a horse that is sore. The bill prohibits a person in any horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction from causing or directing a horse to become sore for the purpose of showing, exhibiting, selling, or auctioning the horse. The bill prohibits the use of specified devices on a Tennessee Walking, a Racking, or a Spotted Saddle horse at a show, exhibition, sale, or auction. The bill increases the maximum criminal and civil liability penalties for certain violations. USDA may disqualify violators from specified activities related to horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions.

PAST Act Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2015

Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]
Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]
Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Ryan Zinke [R-MT]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Walker [R-NC]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]
Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
2015-07-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-07-28	House	Introduced in House

SB1121 (Same As) 2015-04-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3268/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3268/BILLS-114hr3268ih.pdf