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===Federal bills===
Slaughterhouses in the United States cannot legally operate without inspection by the [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]], a federal agency.
H.R. 2744-45 Sec 794, The Agriculture, Rural Development, [[Food and Drug Administration]] and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2005-2006 was successfully passed to end funding for inspection, effectively ending the processing of horse meat in the US until a future government was willing to reinstate
In 2012, the Agriculture, Rural Development, [[Food and Drug Administration]], and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 excluded the wording necessary to continue blocking federal funds for USDA inspection of slaughterhouses processing horse meat <ref>{{Cite web |last=Kohl |first=Herb |date=2012-04-26 |title=S.2375 - 112th Congress (2011-2012): Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 |url=http://www.congress.gov/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=www.congress.gov}}</ref> In June
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>
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===Transport of horses for slaughter===
Although the [[United States Department of Transportation|Department of Transportation]] has officers at enforcement points to ensure the proper transportation of horses, it has no jurisdiction beyond transportation. Horses that "are severely lame or disabled are not accepted at the plants".{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}
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