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Restore Protections Under the Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act

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H.R. 249

To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros. (Referred to Senate Committee after being Received from House)

HR 249 RFS

110th CONGRESS
1st Session

H. R. 249

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 26, 2007

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

AN ACT

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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SALE OF WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSES AND BURROS.

    (a) In General- Section 3(d)(5) of Public Law 92-195 (16 U.S.C. 1333(d)(5)) is amended--
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      (1) by striking the period and inserting the following: `Provided, That no wild free-roaming horse or burro or its remains may be sold or transferred for consideration for processing into commercial products.'; and
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      (2) by striking subsection (e).
    (b) Criminal Provisions- Section (8)(a)(4) of Public Law 92-195 (16 U.S.C. 1338(a)(4)) is amended by striking `except as provided in section 3(e),'.

Passed the House of Representatives April 26, 2007.

Attest:

LORRAINE C. MILLER,

Clerk.