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House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law

American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act

H.R. 857Introduced Feb 13, 2003Policy area: Animals
Sponsor: Rep. John Sweeney R-NY
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 3, 2003 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

228 cosponsors — 85 Republicans, 143 Democrats

143 of 228 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Frank Ballance (D-NC), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Chris Bell (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA) and 198 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Sweeney.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-20 district

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.