of Kentucky or New York to be slaughtered for human 
consumption, unless the equine— 
‘‘(A) is owned or controlled by a State or 
local government or owned by an individual who 
purchased the equine from a State or local gov-
ernment; 
‘‘(B) will be slaughtered at a facility oper-
ating before the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph; or 
‘‘(C) will be slaughtered for human con-
sumption for charitable or humanitarian pur-
poses.’’. 
(d) AUTHORITY TO DETAIN.—Section 6(e) of the Horse 
Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1825(e)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the first sentence of paragraph 
(1); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) The Secretary may detain for examination, test-
ing, or the taking of evidence— 
‘‘(A) any horse at any horse show, horse exhi-
bition, or horse sale or auction which is sore or which 
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the Secretary has probable cause to believe is sore; 
and 
‘‘(B) any horse or other equine which the Sec-
retary has probable cause to believe is being shipped, 
transported, moved, delivered, received, possessed, pur-
chased, sold, or donated in violation of section 5(8).’’. 
(e) REIMBURSEMENT.—Section 11 of the Horse Protec-
tion Act (15 U.S.C. 1830) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 11. REIMBURSEMENT OF OWNERS FOR LOSS OF 
VALUE OF HORSES. 
‘‘The Secretary shall compensate the owner of an 
equine who disposes of such equine due to the prohibition 
under section 5(8). The Secretary shall compensate such 
owner for the total amount of— 
‘‘(1) the loss in value of the equine due to such 
prohibition; and 
‘‘(2) the costs incurred in the disposal of such 
equine.’’. 
(f) RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNWANTED HORSES.—The 
Horse Protection Act is further amended by inserting after 
section 11 (15 U.S.C. 1830), as amended by subsection (e), 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 11A. RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNWANTED HORSES. 
‘‘The Secretary shall assume responsibility for any 
equine that is unwanted by an owner.’’. 
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(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 12 
of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1831) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 357 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 503 
[Report No. 109–617, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the 
shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiv-
ing, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation 
of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for 
human consumption, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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