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	Farm Animals

Federal	Bill Status: In Committee

Antibiotics Overuse on Factory Farms
Bill Number: S. 549 & H.R. 962
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session

To curb overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture, which supports overcrowded and unsanitary conditions on factory farms, and endangers public health.

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Federal	Bill Status: Pending

Cloned Food Labeling
Bill Number: S. 414 & H.R. 992/S. 536
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session

S. 414 and H.R. 992 amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that food that contains product from a cloned animal be labeled accordingly. S. 536 amends the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to prohibit the labeling of cloned livestock and products derived from cloned livestock as organic.

Federal	Bill Status: Pending

Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act
Bill Number: S. 394 & H.R. 661
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session

To end the use of nonambulatory livestock—animals too sick or injured to stand or walk on their own—in human food and require that these "downed" animals be immediately humanely euthanized at slaughterplants.

>> Action Alert! Pass the Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act

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Federal	Bill Status: Pending

Downed Animal Enforcement Act
Bill Number: S. 2770
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to strengthen the food safety inspection system by imposing stricter penalties for the slaughter of nonambulatory livestock and for humane handling violations.

Federal	Bill Status: In Committee

Factory Farming Pollution Exemption
Bill Number: H.R. 1398 & S. 807
HSUS Position: Oppose
Legislature Status: In Session

To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that manure shall not be considered to be a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.

>> Action Alert! Factory farms should not be exempt from key environmental laws

Federal	Bill Status: Pending

Farm Animal Stewardship Purchasing Act
Bill Number: H.R. 1726
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session

Requires producers supplying meat, dairy products, or eggs to the military, federal prisons, school lunches, and other federal programs to comply with basic animal welfare requirements.

The bill would not permit government suppliers to:

Starve or force-feed animals.
Leave sick or injured animals to languish without treatment or humane euthanasia.
Confine animals so restrictively that they are unable to stand, lie down, move their heads freely, turn around, or extend their limbs.

>> Action Alert! Support the Farm Animal Stewardship Act

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Federal	Bill Status: Pending

Food Safety Recall Information Act
Bill Number: H.R. 5762
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session

To publish the names of retailers and school districts that have purchased meat, poultry, or egg products subject to voluntary recall, and to prohibit the use of nonambulatory livestock for human food.