S.Amdt. 3298

SA 3298. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation
of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture
through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``John
Stringer Rainey Memorial Safeguard American Food Exports
Act'' or the ``SAFE Act''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) unlike cows, pigs, and other domesticated species,
horses and other members of the equidae family are not raised
for the purpose of human consumption;
(2) equines raised in the United States are frequently
treated with substances that are not approved for use in
horses intended for human consumption and equine parts are
therefore unsafe within the meaning of section 409 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;
(3) equines raised in the United States are frequently
treated with drugs, including phenylbutazone, acepromazine,
boldenone undecylenate, omeprazole, ketoprofen, xylazine,
hyaluronic acid, nitrofurazone, polysulfated
glycosaminoglycan, clenbuterol, tolazoline, and ponazuril,
which are not approved for use in horses intended for human
consumption and equine parts are therefore unsafe within the
meaning of section 512 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act; and
(4) consuming parts of an equine raised in the United
States likely poses a serious threat to human health and the
public should be protected from these unsafe products.
(c) Prohibitions.--Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(eee) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section--
``(1) equine parts shall be deemed unsafe under section 409
of this Act;
``(2) equine parts shall be deemed unsafe under section 512
of this Act; and
``(3) the knowing sale or transport of equines or equine
parts in interstate or foreign commerce for purposes of human
consumption is hereby prohibited.''.
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