US Congress House Bill 4105 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on November 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-11-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2015 This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to replace the Designated Qualified Persons program responsible for inspecting horses for soring with a new inspection system. (The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.) The Department of Agriculture must establish a single Horse Industry Organization (HIO) in order to establish a formal affiliation with the management of each horse sale, horse exhibition, and horse sale or auction, appoint inspectors to conduct inspections, and otherwise ensure compliance with the Horse Protection Act. The Commissioners of Agriculture for Tennessee and Kentucky must appoint individuals to the HIO. Those individuals must appoint individuals representing the Tennessee Walking Horse industry.

Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2015

Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]
Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. David Roe [R-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-11-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
2015-11-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-11-19	House	Introduced in House

SB1161 (Related) 2015-04-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4105/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4105/BILLS-114hr4105ih.pdf