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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1400 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the transportation of 

horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing 2 or 

more levels stacked on top of one another, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2019 

Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 

BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. HASTINGS, 

Mr. KILMER, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. MALINOWSKI, 

Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PRICE of 

North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 

SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 

MCNERNEY, Mr. CONNOLLY, and Mr. ESPAILLAT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the transportation of horses in interstate transportation in a 

motor vehicle containing 2 or more levels stacked on 

top of one another, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Horse Transportation 

3 Safety Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF HORSES. 

5 Section 80502 of title 49, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘This section 

8 does not’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsections (a) and (b) 

9 shall not’’; 

10 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub11 section (e); 

12 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(d) TRANSPORTATION OF HORSES.— 

15 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—No person may transport, 

16 or cause to be transported, a horse from a place in 

17 a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or 

18 possession of the United States through or to a 

19 place in another State, the District of Columbia, or 

20 a territory or possession of the United States in a 

21 motor vehicle containing 2 or more levels stacked on 

22 top of each other. 

23 ‘‘(2) MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINED.—In this sub24 section, the term ‘motor vehicle’— 


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1 ‘‘(A) means a vehicle driven or drawn by 

2 mechanical power and manufactured primarily 

3 for use on public highways; and 

4 ‘‘(B) does not include a vehicle operated 

5 exclusively on a rail or rails.’’; and 

6 (4) in subsection (e), as redesignated— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘A rail carrier’’ and insert8 ing the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A rail carrier’’; 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘this section’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘subsection (a) or (b)’’; and 

12 (C) by striking ‘‘On learning’’ and insert13 ing the following: 

14 ‘‘(2) TRANSPORTATION OF HORSES IN MULTI15 LEVEL TRAILER.— 

16 ‘‘(A) CIVIL PENALTY.—A person that 

17 knowingly violates subsection (d) is liable to the 

18 United States Government for a civil penalty of 

19 at least $100, but not more than $500, for each 

20 violation. A separate violation of subsection (d) 

21 occurs for each horse that is transported, or 

22 caused to be transported, in violation of sub23 section (d). 

24 ‘‘(B) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.— 

25 The penalty imposed under subparagraph (A) 


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1 shall be in addition to any penalty or remedy 

2 available under any other law or common law. 

3 ‘‘(3) CIVIL ACTION.—On learning’’. 

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