US Congress House Bill 1518 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 189-117-1-1)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-04-12 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E441)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2013 or the PAST Act - Amends the Horse Protection Act (HPA) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe regulatory requirements for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to license, train, assign, and oversee persons who are to be hired by the management of horse shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions and are qualified to detect and diagnose sore horses or otherwise inspect horses at such events. (The soring of horses refers to the application of blistering agents, burns, lacerations, sharp objects, or other substances or devices to a horse's limb to produce a higher gait by making it painful for the horse to step down.) Prohibits issuing a license to any person unless such person is free from conflicts of interest. Requires the Secretary, in issuing such licenses, to give a preference to persons who are licensed or accredited veterinarians. Replaces the current horse inspector appointment process under which the management of a horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction appoints inspectors with a new process requiring the Secretary to assign USDA-licensed inspectors after receiving notice that management intends to hire such inspectors. Requires the Secretary to publish on the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's website information on violations of such Act. Directs the Secretary to disqualify a horse the Secretary determines is sore for specified minimum time periods that increase after the first, second, and third instance. Prohibits a person from causing or directing a horse to become sore for the purpose of any horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction or allowing any such activity respecting a horse which is sore by the owner of such horse. Expands a list of activities designated as unlawful conduct under such Act to include a prohibition on showing, exhibiting, selling, or auctioning a Tennessee Walking, a Racking, or a Spotted Saddle horse with: (1) an action device; or (2) a weighted shoe, pad, wedge, hoof band, or other device or material if it is constructed to artificially alter the gait of such horses and is not strictly protective or therapeutic. Defines "action device" as any boot, collar, chain, roller, or other device that encircles or is placed upon the lower extremity of the leg of a horse in such a manner that it can: (1) rotate around the leg or slide up and down the leg, so as to cause friction; or (2) strike the hoof, coronet band, fetlock joint, or pastern of the horse. Excludes from such term soft rubber or soft leather bell boots or quarter boots that are used as protective devices. Increases the maximum criminal penalties and maximum civil liability penalties to the United States for certain HPA violations. Expands the categories of activities the Secretary may disqualify a violator of such Act from participating in to include: (1) transporting or arranging for the transportation of a horse to or from a show, exhibition, sale, or auction; (2) personally giving instructions to an exhibitor; or (3) being knowingly present in a warm-up area, inspection area, or other area that spectators are not permitted. Permits the Secretary to permanently disqualify a person with at least three violations after notice and an opportunity for a hearing.

PAST Act

Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Dave Camp [R-MI]
Rep. John Campbell [R-CA]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]
Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]
Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]
Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]
Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]
Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Mike J. Rogers [R-MI]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]
Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-12	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E441)
2013-04-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
2013-04-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB1406 (Related) 2014-09-15 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 562.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1518/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1518/BILLS-113hr1518ih.pdf