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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-553
PREVENT ALL SORING TACTICS ACT OF 2021
NOVEMBER 14, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 5441]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 5441) to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate
additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for
violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforce-
ment of the Act, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Sum m ary .................................................................................. 1
II. Background and Need for the Legislation ................................................... 2
III. Committee Hearings ...................................................................................... 2
IV. Com m ittee Consideration .............................................................................. 2
V . Com m ittee V otes .......................................................................................... 3
VI. Oversight Findings ........................................................................................ 6
VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 6
VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ...................................................................... . 6
IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ......................... 6
X. Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................................. 6
XI. Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ........................................................................... 6
XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits .................. 6
XIII. Advisory Committee Statement .................................................................... 7
XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch .............................................................. 7
XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ........................................... 7
XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 8
I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H.R. 5441, the Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2022, requires
the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to prescribe regulations for
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