Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5286
Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act
Refreshed 6 h ago
Introduced 2025-09-10Topic: agriculture food · transportationSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would require the Secretary of Transportation, working with the Secretary of Agriculture, to create a way to investigate and inspect vehicles, vessels, and records within 180 days to check whether carriers are following existing federal rules on transporting animals. Both departments would issue rules, orders, or guidance needed to carry this out. The bill would also ban moving livestock across state lines if they are unfit to travel, using the World Organisation for Animal Health's standard. Unfit animals would include those that are sick, injured, unable to stand, blind in both eyes, newborn with unhealed navels, late in pregnancy, or recently given birth and traveling without their young. Livestock could still be moved across state lines to get veterinary care.
Sponsors
- Dina Titus Democrat sponsor
- 7 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. | refer |
| 2025-09-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-09-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-09-10 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-09-10 | Introduced in House | introduce |