I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3090 
To amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts 
under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve 
Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2023 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself, Mr. COHEN, Mr. BUCHANAN, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. BEYER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. 
MATSUI, Mr. EVANS, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. PETERS, Ms. WILSON 
of Florida, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. GOMEZ, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 
Mr. TONKO, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. RUPPERS-
BERGER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. BOYLE of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, 
Mr. STANTON, Mr. POCAN, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. HOULAHAN, Ms. 
MENG, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. 
KELLY of Illinois, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. JACOBS, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. 
MORELLE, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 
CASTEN, Ms. CHU, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. 
SCHNEIDER, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, 
Mr. MOULTON, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. PORTER, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. 
JOHNSON
of 
Georgia, 
Mr. 
DOGGETT, 
Ms. 
MACE, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. KILMER, Ms. CASTOR 
of Florida, Mr. TRONE, Mr. MCHENRY, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. MEUSER, 
Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. ROSS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 
AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. MFUME, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. PAYNE, 
Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. CROW, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. 
TAKANO, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. 
SHERRILL, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. WALTZ, 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. MCGARVEY, 
Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. DEAN of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. POSEY, 
Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. CAREY, Ms. 
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LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. WILD, Mr. MULLIN, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, 
Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. BERA, Mr. KEATING, Ms. 
JACKSON LEE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. 
WITTMAN, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. NEAL, Mr. DELUZIO, 
Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mrs. KIM of California, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, 
Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. VAN DREW, 
Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. CARSON, Ms. LEE of Florida, Ms. BROWN, Mr. 
RUIZ, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. 
TENNEY, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
AGUILAR, Mr. LIEU, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BUCK, Mr. 
THANEDAR, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. THOMPSON
of Mississippi, Mr. 
SORENSEN, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. 
LAWLER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. CUELLAR, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, 
Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. 
CALVERT, Mr. CASE, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. BONAMICI, and Ms. SCANLON) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional 
unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for 
violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture 
enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prevent All Soring 
Tactics Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘PAST Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASED ENFORCEMENT UNDER HORSE PRO-
TECTION ACT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Horse Protection 
Act (15 U.S.C. 1821) is amended— 
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