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H.R. 249

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To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros.
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Passed
Latest Action · April 26, 2007
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Congress
110th (2007–2009)
Introduced
January 5, 2007
Sponsor
Rep. Nick RahallD
Cosponsors (17)
11D 6R
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to: (1) prohibit the sale or transfer of any free-roaming horse or burro or its remains on U.S. public lands for consideration for processing into commercial products; and (2) repeal provisions permitting the sale of certain excess animals or their remains and excluding from criminal fine or imprisonment a person who processes or permits the processing of such animals' remains.

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