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Efforts have been made to create a federal law ending the slaughter of American horses for human consumption.<ref name="saponline">{{Cite web|url=https://awionline.org/content/safeguard-american-food-exports-safe-act|title=Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act|website=Animal Welfare Institute|access-date=2020-09-15|archive-date=2020-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708095355/https://awionline.org/content/safeguard-american-food-exports-safe-act|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 8, 2006, the House of Representatives passed a bill which would have made killing or selling American horses for human consumption illegal in the United States; however, it was not passed by the Senate.<ref name="qjnet">{{Cite web |url=http://science.qj.net/New-US-Bill-Makes-Killing-Horses-for-Meat-Illegal-in-US/pg/49/aid/65094 |title=Science.qj.net: New US Bill Makes Killing Horses for Meat Illegal in US |access-date=2007-06-01 |archive-date=2007-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427035107/http://science.qj.net/New-US-Bill-Makes-Killing-Horses-for-Meat-Illegal-in-US/pg/49/aid/65094 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Two bills, H.R. 503 in the House and S. 1915 in the Senate, were introduced in the [[109th United States Congress|109th Congress]] to prevent the slaughter of horses for human consumption. H.R. 503 was passed by the House on September 7, 2006, by a recorded vote of 263–146.<ref>[http://thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR00503:@@@S Bill Summary & Status : 109th Congress (2005–2006) : H.R.503 : All Congressional Actions with Amendments].</ref> S. 1915 was read twice, referred to committee and not voted on.<ref>[http://thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SN01915:@@@X Bill Summary & Status : 109th Congress (2005–2006) : S.1915 : All Congressional Actions].</ref> Both bills died at the end of the 109th Congress, and were reintroduced in the [[110th United States Congress|110th Congress]] on January 17, 2007 as H.R. 503 and S. 311.<ref>H.R.503 was referred to committee and not reported out for a vote.[http://thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR00503:@@@X Bill Summary & Status : 110th Congress (2007–2008) : H.R.503 : All Congressional Actions].</ref> S. 311 was reported out but not taken up for a vote.<ref>[http://thomas.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN00311:@@@X Bill Summary & Status : 110th Congress (2007–2008) : S.311 : All Congressional Actions].</ref> The bills were not reintroduced in the [[111th United States Congress|111th Congress]]. Two bills were introduced in the 112th Congress: H.R. 2966 and S. 1176, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011. The latter was introduced on July 9, 2011 by Senators [[Mary Landrieu]] (D-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to amend the [[Horse Protection Act of 1970]] ({{usctc|15|44}}) to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption.<ref>[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1176is/pdf/BILLS-112s1176is.pdf S.1176] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106173127/http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1176is/pdf/BILLS-112s1176is.pdf |date=2012-11-06 }}, June 9, 2011, Government Printing Office.</ref>
A new iteration of the SAFE Act was introduced in 2021 as H.R. 3355 to the U.S. House of Representatives on February 19th 2021 by Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) but as of this date has not been brought to the floor for a vote <ref>{{Cite web |last=Schakowsky |first=Janice D. |date=2021-05-20 |title=All Info - H.R.3355 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): SAFE Act of 2021 |url=http://www.congress.gov/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=www.congress.gov}}</ref>
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