Wild Horse Integrity and Slaughter Prevention Act

Bill: 118-hr-8541
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2024-05-23
Policy area: Animals
Latest action: action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8541 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2024 Mrs. Luna introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to provide for criminal penalties for acquiring a wild free-roaming horse or burro with the intention of transferring such animal for processing into commercial products, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wild Horse Integrity and Slaughter Prevention Act . 2. Time period before title granted; criminal penalty The Act of December 15, 1971 ( 16 U.S.C. 1331 , et seq.; commonly known as the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act ) is amended as follows: (1) In section 3(c) ( 16 U.S.C. 1333(c) )— (A) by striking period of one year and inserting period of 6 months ; and (B) by striking one-year period and inserting 6-month period . (2) In section 8 ( 16 U.S.C. 1338 )— (A) by striking Any person who and inserting (a) Any person who ; (B) in paragraph (4), by striking except as provided in section 3(e), ; (C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (8); (D) by inserting after paragraph (5), the following: (6) acquires a wild free-roaming horse or burro, or the remains thereof, with the intention of transferring such animal, or the remains thereof, directly or indirectly, for processing into commercial products, or (7) knowingly transfers an acquired wild free-roaming horse or burro, or the remains thereof, directly or indirectly, for processing commercial products, or ; (E) in the matter following paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking be subject to and all that follows through United States Code and inserting have committed a felony offense punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000, imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, or both ; and (F) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and their respective employees, shall have power to investigate possible violations of the offenses listed in subsection (a). A finding of non-compliance shall be referred to the Attorney General (or one of the U.S. Attorney’s offices serving under the Attorney General) for prosecution. .