tion not later than 5 days after the date on which a cita-
tion was issued with respect to such violation.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) The Secretary shall publish on the public website 
of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the 
Department of Agriculture, and update as frequently as 
the Secretary determines is necessary, information on vio-
lations of this Act for the purposes of allowing the man-
agement of a horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale 
or auction to determine if an individual is in violation of 
this Act.’’. 
(d) UNLAWFUL ACTS.—Section 5 of the Horse Pro-
tection Act (15 U.S.C. 1824) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or (C) respecting’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(C), or (D) respecting’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and (D)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(D) causing a horse to become sore or direct-
ing another person to cause a horse to become 
sore for the purpose of showing, exhibiting, sell-
ing, auctioning, or offering for sale the horse in 
any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale 
or auction, and (E)’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘appoint’’ and 
inserting ‘‘hire’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘appoint’’ and inserting 
‘‘hire’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘qualified’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘appointed’’ 
and inserting ‘‘hired’’; 
(5) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘appointed’’ and inserting 
‘‘hired’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘that the horse is sore’’ 
after ‘‘the Secretary’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(12) The use of an action device on any limb 
of a Tennessee Walking Horse, a Racking Horse, or 
a Spotted Saddle Horse at a horse show, horse exhi-
bition, or horse sale or auction. 
‘‘(13) The use of a weighted shoe, pad, wedge, 
hoof band, or other device or material at a horse 
show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction 
that— 
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‘‘(A) is placed on, inserted in, or attached 
to any limb of a Tennessee Walking Horse, a 
Racking Horse, or a Spotted Saddle Horse; 
‘‘(B) is constructed to artificially alter the 
gait of such a horse; and 
‘‘(C) is not strictly protective or thera-
peutic in nature.’’. 
(e) VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.—Section 6 of the 
Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1825) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Except as provided in 
paragraph (2) of this subsection, any per-
son who knowingly violates section 5’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Any person who knowingly vio-
lates section 5 or the regulations issued 
under such section, including any violation 
recorded during an inspection conducted in 
accordance with section 4(c) or 4(e)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘more than $3,000, or 
imprisoned for not more than one year, or 
both.’’ and inserting ‘‘more than $5,000, 
or imprisoned for not more than 3 years, 
or both, for each such violation.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
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(i) by striking subparagraph (A); 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(2)’’; and 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) as paragraphs (2) and (3), re-
spectively, and moving the margins of such 
paragraphs (as so redesignated) two ems 
to the left; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) Any person who knowingly fails to obey an order 
of disqualification shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined 
not more than $5,000 for each failure to obey such an 
order, imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 5 of this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 5 or the regulations 
issued under such section’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$2,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$4,000’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) Any person who fails to pay a licensed inspector 
hired under section 4(c) shall, upon conviction thereof, be 
fined not more than $4,000 for each such violation.’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, or otherwise partici-
pating in any horse show, horse exhibition, 
or horse sale or auction’’ before ‘‘for a pe-
riod of not less than one year’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘any subsequent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the second’’; 
(B) by inserting before ‘‘Any person who 
knowingly fails’’ the following: ‘‘For the third 
or any subsequent violation, a person may be 
permanently disqualified by order of the Sec-
retary, after notice and an opportunity for a 
hearing before the Secretary, from showing or 
exhibiting any horse, judging or managing any 
horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or 
auction, or otherwise participating in, including 
financing the participation of other individuals 
in, any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse 
sale or auction (regardless of whether walking 
horses are shown, exhibited, sold, auctioned, or 
offered for sale at the horse show, horse exhi-
bition, or horse sale or auction).’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘$3,000’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’. 
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(f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall issue regulations to carry out the amend-
ments made by this section, including regulations pre-
scribing the requirements under subsection (c) of section 
4 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1823(c)), as 
amended by subsection (c)(3). 
(g) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act or 
any amendment made by this Act, or the application of 
a provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be 
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act, and the application of the 
provisions to any person or circumstance, shall not be af-
fected by the holding. 
Æ 
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