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HR 2678 IH

To prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture to approve for human consumption animals that do not stand and walk unassisted.

June 12, 2007

Mr. ACKERMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

To prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture to approve for human consumption animals that do not stand and walk unassisted.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING THE USE OF FUNDS TO APPROVE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION ANIMALS THAT DO NOT STAND AND WALK UNASSISTED.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture may be used to--

(1) approve or pass for human consumption,

(2) accept reimbursement, enter into a reimbursable fee agreement, assess or collect a fee, or contract with any person or entity to approve for human consumption, or

(3) in any other way allow to be approved for human consumption,

any cow, sheep, pig, goat, or horse, mule, or other equine that does not stand and walk unassisted at any time while the animal is alive at a slaughtering, packing, meat-canning, rendering, or similar establishment.