PSI Sci
New here? Follow the money and the votes · Not sure of your district? Find your U.S. House member · Find your state legislators

H.R. 693: PAST Act

Before you vote › Federal bills

H.R. 693: PAST Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-22 · Animals · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

federal

Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 510 (2019): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR693 (2019-07-25), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

PAST Act

Plain summary

U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings Memorial Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2019 or the PAST Act This bill addresses the practice of soring horses. The soring of horses includes various actions taken on horses' limbs to produce higher gaits that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness. Specifically, the bill expands soring regulation and enforcement at horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions, including by establishing a new system for inspecting horses for soring. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must license, train, assign, and oversee persons for hire by the management of horse shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions to detect and diagnose sore horses. A license may not be issued to a person with conflicts of interest, and USDA must give preference to veterinarians. USDA may revoke a license for unsatisfactory performance. In addition, the bill increases penalties for violations. USDA may disqualify (1) violators from specified activities related to horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions; and (2) a horse that is sore from being shown or exhibited.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

What a vote does

A “Yea” vote

If it passes both chambers and is signed, it becomes law.

A “Nay” vote

If it is not passed, current law stays as it is.

PSI Sci description of the legislative step (not an opinion).

What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

PAST Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

AI explanation – may be wrong, check the official text

No AI explanation yet. It takes up to a minute to write and is then saved for everyone.

Limited to a few requests an hour per person.

The strongest published arguments

Arguments for (supporters)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Arguments against (opponents)

Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

Alternatives

Needs sources: no published alternatives yet (for example a different bill, a law instead of an amendment, or keeping current law). We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.

How did my representative vote? · This bill's floor votes

Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] · 307 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 693, PAST Act (2019-06-17)

Cosponsors on this site

Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Bill Foster (D-IL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Darren Soto (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Lois Frankel (D-FL) and 247 more.

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

Plain meanings written from linked sources. All words.

Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr693 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116