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PUPS 2011. USDA/APHIS WOULD MICROMANAGE HOME DOG BREEDERS
HR 835 Sponsor Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] introduced 2/28/2011
Cosponsors (196) Latest Major Action: 3/9/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Senate Companion S 707 Sponsor Sen Durbin, Richard [IL]; 32 cosponsors; 3/31/2011 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Position: OPPOSE Read more..

HR 3798 Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012
Sponsor: Rep Schrader, Kurt [OR-5] (introduced 1/23/2012) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 1/23/2012 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Position: OPPOSE.

HSUS HORSE SLAUGHTER PREVENTION BILL
S 1176. American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011.
To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] (introduced 6/9/2011) Cosponsors (26) Latest Major Action: 6/9/2011 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
HR 2966 Sponsor: Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] (introduced 9/19/2011) Cosponsors (152)
Position: OPPOSE.

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Horse slaughter for meat could return to the United States
GAO-11-228 June 22, 2011. Horse Welfare: Action Needed to Address Unintended Consequences from Cessation of Domestic Slaughter
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Midwestern Legislative Council of State Governments. Resolution on Inspection of Equine Processing
Animal Welfare Council. Special Report: Expert Predictions on Equine Welfare Realized

AGRICULTURE ANTIBIOTIC USE
March 2011. H.R.965 Latest Title: Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] (introduced 3/9/2011) Cosponsors (30)
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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