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Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

A bill to restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros.

S. 576Introduced Mar 9, 2005Policy area: Animals
Sponsor: Sen. Robert Byrd D-WV
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 9, 2005 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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

11 cosponsors — 10 Democrats, 1 independent

0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Patty Murray (D-WA), Barack Obama (D-IL).

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Robert Byrd.

Sponsor’s state and district

West Virginia in Congress

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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.