In 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture banned the use of double-decker trailers to transport horses to slaughter, but continued to allow inter-state shipment of horses in these trailers. The Horse Transportation Act (HTSA), part of a legislative infrastructure package called the Moving Forward Act, would ban the shipment of horses in double-decker trailers anywhere in the United States—not just to slaughter.

The act has passed through the House and now must be passed by the Senate before Sept. 30 to become a law. The HTSA is led by Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter King (R-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).

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