H. R. 3090

MAY 5, 2023

Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself, Mr. COHEN, Mr. BUCHANAN, MS. SCHA- KOWSKY, Mr. BEYER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. EVANS, MS. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. PETERS, MS. WILSON of Florida, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. GOMEZ, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. TONKO, MS. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. CÁRDENAS, Mr. RUPPERS- BERGER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. BOYLE of Penn- sylvania, Mr. FOSTER, MS. BROWNLEY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. STANTON, Mr. POCAN, MS. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. HOULAHAN, MS. MENG, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. PA- NETTA, MS. ESCOBAR, MS. JACOBS, Mrs. McBATH, Ms. SÁNCHEZ, Mr. MORELLE, MS. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CASTEN, MS. CHU, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARCÍA of Illinois, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. VEASEY, MS. PORTER, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. MACE, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. KILMER, MS. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. TRONE, Mr. MCHENRY, MS. PINGREK, Ms. LEE of Cali- fornia, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. MEUSER. Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. Ross, Mr. HIMES, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. MFUME, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. CROW, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. TAKANO, MS. SCHOLTEN, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. BLU- MENAUER, MS. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. BARRAGÁN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. COURTNEY, MS. TOKUDA, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. VELÁZQUEZ, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Kr of New Jersey. Ms. PRESSLI Ms. DEAL of

LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. WILD, Mr. MULLIN, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. TORRES of New York. Mr. HUDSON, Mr. BERA, Mr. KEATING, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. WITTMAN, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mr. NEAL, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mrs. KIM of California, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. CARSON, Ms. LEE of Florida, Ms. BROWN, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. TENNEY, MS. PLASKETT, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. LIEU, MS. TLAIB, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BUCK, Mr. THANEDAR, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. SORENSEN, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. LAWLER, MS. ESHOO, Mr. CUELLAR, MS. CROCKETT, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CASE, MS. DELBENE, Ms. BONAMICI, and Ms. SCANLON) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on

Energy and Commerce

Cosponsors as of 1/24/24 

239 Bipartisan

A BILL

To amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.

1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2. tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4. This Act may be cited as the "Prevent All Soring

5. Tactics Act of 2023" or the "PAST Act of 2023".

6. SEC. 2. INCREASED ENFORCEMENT UNDER HORSE PRO-

7. TECTION ACT.

8. (a) DEFINITIONS. Section 2 of the Horse Protection

9. Act (15 U.S.C. 1821) is amended-