H.R.249 - To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros.

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  • Official: To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros. as introduced.

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Latest Action Apr 27, 2007On passage Passed by the Yeas and Na... Related Bills (1) & Issues (13)
4/26/2007--Passed House without amendment. (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

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4/26/2007--Passed House without amendment. (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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05/03/07
Guest Opinion : Time for lawmakers to use horse sense

In a related development, the US House of Representatives approved HR 249, to eliminate sale authority for the BLM's Wild Horse and Burro Program. ...

Source: Tucson Citizen, AZ
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04/29/07
Capitol link in Washington

Voting 277 for and 137 against, the House on April 26 sent the Senate a bill (HR 249) to prohibit the Bureau of Land Management from selling or transferring ...

Source: Kansas City Star
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04/26/07
House Restores Ban on Wild Horse Sale and Slaughter

The bill (HR 249), which the House approved by a 277-137 vote, would prohibit the Bureau of Land Management from selling off an estimated 31000 in holding ...

Source: Congressional Quarterly, DC
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12/20/08
The Martha Blog : Blog Archive : Equine Advocates

Please call your senators and ask them to sponsor S.311, and call your representatives to sponsor H.R. 503 and support H.R. 249 to end the inhumane transport of horses to the slaughterhouses. Posted by: Teresa Chin | January 16th, ...

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12/17/08
Tim Woolley Horseracing: Race Horse Trainer :: News: Barbaro ...

I just sent an email to my local rep Chris Murphy regarding H.R. 249 and H.R. 503 via this site. It appears that while Chris Dodd supported S1915, he is not a co-sponsor on S311. So he will be hearing from me. ...

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11/23/08
33500 Wild Horses and Burros to Die | Willie Nelson

All Americans who love the wild horses and burros (and America) are needed to call or email their Congressional representatives to support HR 249, which will repeal the Burns amendment, allowing unrestricted wild horse sale and ...

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