S.Amdt. 640

SA 640. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Fetterman, Mr.
Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert
the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON SLAUGHTER OF EQUINES FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION.

Section 12515 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7
U.S.C. 2160) is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``dogs and cats''
and inserting ``dogs, cats, and equines''; and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ``a dog or cat'' each
place it appears and inserting ``a dog, cat, or equine''.
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