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H.R. 1338: Horse Protection Amendments Act

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H.R. 1338: Horse Protection Amendments Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-02 · Animals · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-02 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Horse Protection Amendments Act

Plain summary

Horse Protection Amendments Act This bill amends the Horse Protection Act to replace the Designated Qualified Persons program responsible for inspecting horses for soring with a new inspection system. (The soring of horses is any of various actions taken on a horse's limb to produce a higher gait that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.) The Department of Agriculture must establish a single Horse Industry Organization (HIO) in order to establish a formal affiliation with the management of each horse sale, horse exhibition, and horse sale or auction, appoint inspectors to conduct inspections, and otherwise ensure compliance with the Horse Protection Act. The Commissioners of Agriculture for Tennessee and Kentucky must appoint individuals to the HIO. Those individuals must appoint individuals representing the Tennessee Walking Horse industry.

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Official text

Horse Protection Amendments Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] · 10 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Andy Barr (R-KY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), James Comer (R-KY), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Harold Rogers (R-KY)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] reported raising $667,181 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1338 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115