H.R. 249 · 110th Congress
To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros.
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Nick Rahall
- Introduced
- 2007-01-05
- Latest action
- 2007-04-26 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Summary
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.