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Union Calendar No. 385 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 305 

[Report No. 111–645] 

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

horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing two 

or more levels stacked on top of one another. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2009 

Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. WHITFIELD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. JONES, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. 

HINCHEY, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. OLVER, Mr. 

GUTIERREZ, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. GEORGE

MILLER of California, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. 

LEE of California, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. STARK, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. SESTAK, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 

FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 

GOODLATTE, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. HALL of 

New York, Mr. LANCE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. WELCH, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. TONKO, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. TAYLOR, Ms. 

TITUS, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. FILNER, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. BROWN of South 

Carolina, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Ms. 

PINGREE of Maine, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. HOLT, 

Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. WU, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 

TIERNEY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. SMITH of 

New Jersey, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. INGLIS, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. 

BILBRAY, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. PLATTS, and 

Ms. GIFFORDS


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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

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

motor vehicle containing two or more levels stacked on 

top of one another. 

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 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION OF HORSES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 805 of title 49, United 

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘§ 80505. Transportation of horses 

9 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—No person may transport, or 

10 cause to be transported, a horse from a place in a State, 

11 the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of 

12 the United States through or to a place in another State, 

13 the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of 

14 the United States in a motor vehicle containing two or 

15 more levels stacked on top of one another. 

16 ‘‘(b) CIVIL PENALTY.—A person that knowingly vio17 lates this section is liable to the United States Government 

18 for a civil penalty of at least $100 but not more than $500 

19 for each violation. A separate violation occurs under this 

20 section for each horse that is transported, or caused to 

21 be transported, in violation of this section. On learning 

22 of a violation, the Attorney General shall bring a civil ac23 tion to collect the penalty in the district court of the 

24 United States for the judicial district in which the viola25 tion occurred or the defendant resides or does business. 


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1 ‘‘(c) MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINED.—In this section, 

2 the term ‘motor vehicle’ means a vehicle driven or drawn 

3 by mechanical power and manufactured primarily for use 

4 on public highways, but does not include a vehicle operated 

5 exclusively on a rail or rails. 

6 ‘‘(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—The penalty 

7 provided under this section shall be in addition to a pen8 alty or remedy available under any other law or common 

9 law.’’. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

11 such chapter is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

‘‘80505. Transportation of horses.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 385 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 305 

[Report No. 111–645] 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit 

more levels stacked on top of one another. portation in a motor vehicle containing two or the transportation of horses in interstate transSEPTEMBER 28, 2010 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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