House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
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: Rep. John Sweeney R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2005
- Committee actionSep 6, 2006
- Passed HouseSep 7, 2006 · 263–146
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2006 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 631.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 503.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 503, A bill 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” on August 18, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on July 27, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18068
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 503, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/503
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7493983e99ca88bf3b4058a7623741dd7a027b351f57f44f81463567fafeb6cf
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 503, A bill 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” on August 18, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on July 27, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18068
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 503, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/503
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7493983e99ca88bf3b4058a7623741dd7a027b351f57f44f81463567fafeb6cf
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-617 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on September 6, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 6, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/617
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 503, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/503
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7493983e99ca88bf3b4058a7623741dd7a027b351f57f44f81463567fafeb6cf
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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
203 cosponsors — 69 Republicans, 134 Democrats
134 of 203 cosponsors (66%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dan Burton (R-IN), John Campbell (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Michael Castle (R-DE), Steve Chabot (R-OH) and 173 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.