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handle is hein.congrec/cbopast0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional Budget Office \ Cost Estimate June 17, 2019 By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars 2019 2019-2024 2019-2029 Direct Spending (Outlays) Revenues Deficit Effect 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 0 0 H.R. 693 would amend the Horse Protection Act of 1970 (HPA) to strengthen and expand enforcement of current prohibitions on soring horses. Soring refers to the practice of applying chemicals, pressure, or devices to cause pain to the front feet and legs of horses when they touch the ground to achieve an exaggerated gait. Although prohibited, the practice is sometimes used on horses that participate in horse shows. Under current law, inspectors from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) attend some of the larger horse shows to both inspect horses and oversee independent inspectors. The majority of events where such horses compete, however, have private managers who hire their own inspectors to monitor and detect HPA violations. H.R. 693 would require USDA to license, train, assign, and oversee private inspectors qualified to properly inspect, diagnose, and detect horses that have been subject to soring, and other violations of the HPA at horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions. Those licensed individuals would not be USDA employees and would continue to be paid by the private managers of each event. H.R. 693 also would prohibit the use of any device placed on a horse's limb to artificially alter its gait (known as an action device-such as boots, collars, chains, or rollers). Additionally, H.R. 693 would increase the maximum fine and prison terms for each violation of the HPA. Upon an individual's third (or subsequent) violation, they may be permanently disqualified, by order of the Secretary of Agriculture (after notice and an opportunity for a hearing before the Secretary), from participating in any horse show, exhibition, horse sales, See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained, www.cbo.gov/publication/54437; How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www.cbo.gov/publication/53519; and Glossary, www.cbo.gov/publication/42904.

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