I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1094 
To prohibit the sale or transport of equines and equine parts in interstate 
or foreign commerce for human consumption. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2013 
Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. 
WHITFIELD, Mr. MORAN, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 
GERLACH, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LANCE, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. PETERS of Michigan, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. 
JONES, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the sale or transport of equines and equine 
parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human con-
sumption. 
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 ‘‘Safeguard American 
Food Exports Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) horses and other equines are domestic ani-
mals that are used primarily for recreation, pleasure, 
and sport; 
(2) unlike cows, pigs, and other domesticated 
species, horses and other members of the equidae 
family are not raised for the purpose of human con-
sumption; 
(3) equines raised in the United States are fre-
quently treated with drugs, including phenylbuta-
zone, acepromazine, boldenone undecylenate, omep-
razole, ketoprofen, xylazine, hyaluronic acid, nitrofu-
razone, polysulfated glycosaminoglycan, clenbuterol, 
tolazoline, and ponazuril, which are not approved for 
use in horses intended for human consumption; 
(4) consuming parts of an equine raised in the 
United States likely poses a serious threat to human 
health and the public should be protected from these 
unsafe products; and 
(5) the sale and transport of equines for the 
purpose of processing for human consumption, and 
the sale and transport of equine parts for human 
consumption, are economic in nature and substan-
tially affect interstate and foreign commerce. 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS. 
Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(ccc)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the sale or transport of equines in interstate commerce, 
or the importing or exporting (or offering for import or 
export) of equines into or out of the United States, by 
any person who knows or reasonably should have known 
that such equines are to be slaughtered for human con-
sumption as food. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
sale or transport of equine parts (including flesh, meat, 
and viscera) in interstate commerce, or the importing or 
exporting (or offering for import or export) of such parts 
into or out of the United States, by any person who knows 
or reasonably should have known that such equine parts 
are to be used for human consumption as food.’’. 
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