The Humane Scorecard A Project of the Humane Society Legislative Fund
The 109th Congress in Review January 2005–December 2006
www.fund.org The 109th Congress in Review
HE 109TH CONGRESS—WHICH RAN FROM JANUARY 2005 to December 2006—was a mixed bag for animal Tprotection efforts. We had some major victories, including: The Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act, which requires state and local agencies to include pets in disaster planning. Championed by Reps. Tom Lantos (D-CA) and Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Sens. Ted Stevens (R-AK) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), this legislation (P.L. 109-308) passed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which left thousands of pets stranded and jeopardized human lives, as people were forced to choose between abandoning their beloved compan- ions and staying in harm’s way. S U A provision to close a tax loophole that allowed trophy S H
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hunters to write off the costs of their hunting trips as charita- H T ble donations. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) took up this cause The PETS Act will help ensure that people won’t after an investigation led by The Humane Society of the United have to choose between their safety and their States (HSUS) uncovered the scam. Investigators discovered pets when disasters strike. that wealthy trophy hunters donated some of their prey to phony museums (located, for example, in abandoned rail cars A number of pro-animal bills made some progress, including those and basements of private homes) and took a tax write-off for dealing with antifreeze poisoning, the Canadian seal hunt, chim- an inflated value of the so-called donation. Sen. Grassley panzee sanctuaries, Class B dealers, downed animals, and puppy shepherded the provision to enactment as part of a larger bill mills. And several exciting new bills were introduced dealing with (P.L. 109-280), with an expected savings to taxpayers of more issues such as farm animal treatment, fur labeling, and Internet than $49 million over the next decade. hunting. For more about legislation considered by the 109th Congress, see pages 3, 6, and 14–16. Other bills—on animal fighting, horse slaughter, and primates as pets—came very close but didn’t get over the finish line. These all The Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) publishes its annual had overwhelming bipartisan support but were ultimately blocked Humane Scorecard to measure the support of federal legislators by Republican leaders. Increased funding for enforcement of key for a broad range of animal protection issues. We aim to provide animal welfare laws was also in the pipeline but didn’t get done as an easy way for constituents to assess how their U.S. senators and Congress failed to complete action on the annual funding bill for representative acted on these issues and to help chart the progress the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). of our public policy work on behalf of animals. Meanwhile, Congress rushed to pass by voice vote in the Senate We hope you’ll study this scorecard and use it as a tool to ensure and House an ill-advised and poorly drafted bill—the Animal that your legislators represent your interests in Washington, D.C. Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) (P.L. 109-374)—intended to crack Let legislators know that you’re watching and you appreciate their down on violence by animal activists. Our organization and all support for pro-animal legislation, or if they haven’t done enough, mainstream animal protection groups strongly oppose violence let them know you’d like to see them do more. (The HSLF acknowl- and condemn groups and individuals who resort to harassment, edges the inherent limitations of judging a legislator on the basis threats, and illegal activity. But the vague and overbroad language of a few select votes, cosponsorships, and joint letters. Please consider such unrecorded matters as performance on committees 7
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Horse Slaughter Final Passage—Vote An identical bill passed the House Judiciary Committee in September 2004, but floor action was blocked then, as it was again A indicates that the member voted for final passage of the in 2006, by Committee Chair James Sensenbrenner (R-WI). American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503)—introduced by Reps. John Sweeney (R-NY), John Spratt (D-SC), Ed Whitfield Downed Animals—Cosponsor (R-KY), and Nick Rahall (D-WV)—to bar the transport, possession, purchase, or sale of horses to be slaughtered for human consump- A indicates that the member is a cosponsor of the Downed tion. The bill was approved by a 263-146 vote on September 7, 2006. Animal Protection Act (H.R. 3931)—introduced by Reps. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and Steven LaTourette (R-OH)—to prohibit USDA Horse Slaughter Amendment—Vote certification of meat from livestock too sick or injured to walk unassisted, making permanent the USDA’s administrative ban on A indicates that the member voted against a “poison pill” “downed” cattle in human food and expanding it to cover other amendment to H.R. 503—offered by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)— species. The bill had 143 cosponsors. to delay implementation until the USDA certifies that there are enough sanctuaries to care for any unwanted horses resulting from Funding Letter the horse slaughter prohibition. The amendment was defeated by a 177-229 vote on September 7, 2006. A indicates that the member signed a letter—led by Reps. Christopher Smith (R-NJ) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)—to the Wild Horses—Vote Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, seeking funds to en- force the Animal Welfare Act, Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, A indicates that the member voted for an amendment—offered by and federal animal fighting law, as well as to establish a new vet- Reps. Nick Rahall (D-WV), Ed Whitfield (R-KY), John Sweeney (R-NY), erinary student loan forgiveness program to encourage graduates and John Spratt (D-SC) on May 19, 2005—to restore a prohibition to locate in underserved rural and inner-city areas and public against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) using tax dollars for health practices. The letter was cosigned by 167 representatives sale and slaughter of wild horses and burros. The amendment was and sent on April 28, 2006. Note that the subcommittee and com- approved by a 249-159 vote. Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) introduced mittee leaders—Reps. Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), S. 576 to restore this prohibition, but no similar amendment was Jerry Lewis (R-CA), and David Obey (D-WI)—don’t sign letters to considered in the Senate—given the resistance of Sen. Conrad themselves but received credit because they were very responsive Burns (R-MT), who was then-chair of the subcommittee overseeing to these requests. Most of the requested funding was provided by the BLM’s budget. The House amendment was dropped in confer- the House subcommittee, but Congress failed to complete action ence on the final bill. on the annual funding bill for the USDA, so funding will be main- tained at the FY 06 level. PETS—Vote
A indicates that the member voted for the Pets Evacuation and Leaders Transportation Standards (PETS) Act (H.R. 3858)—introduced by A indicates that the member led as a prime sponsor of pro- Reps. Tom Lantos (D-CA) and Christopher Shays (R-CT)—to animal legislation. require state and local authorities to consider the needs of people with pets and service animals in their disaster planning. The bill A Note on the Scorecard passed by a 349-24 vote on May 22, 2006. The Senate unanimously approved the bill—with amendments offered by Sens. Ted Stevens Many animal protection issues never receive a recorded vote in (R-AK) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) to also authorize federal Congress. Some are enacted by voice vote, and some languish. To financial assistance—on August 4. The House approved that ver- more accurately measure legislators’ support for the broad range sion by voice vote, and it was signed into law as P.L. 109-308 on of animal issues, we count cosponsorships of certain key bills along with recorded votes. Cosponsoring a bill is a meaningful way 7 October 6, 2006. Congress also enacted provisions—sought by 0 0 2 Sens. Robert Byrd (D-WV), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Joseph for legislators to help the bill advance in Congress. We also count y r a
u Lieberman (D-CT) as part of the FY 07 Homeland Security those who signed letters seeking increased funding to enforce key n a J Appropriations bill (P.L. 109-295)—to address the needs of pets animal welfare laws, as this is a tangible way for legislators to help d r improve the lives of millions of animals. Scores are given as a per- a and service animals in disaster planning and response. c
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The Humane Scorecard January 2007 Other Action in the 109th Congress
Baby Chicks: Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) introduced S. 2395, an ill-conceived bill that would have removed the decision-making authority of the U.S. Postal Service and required air carriers to transport live animals, including baby chicks, in temperature extremes as “mail shipments.” Fortunately, this bill wasn’t consid- ered in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
CAFOs: Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) and Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) introduced dangerous legislation (H.R. 4341/S. 3681) to exempt concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) from key environ- mental laws that require reporting of toxic emissions and account- ability for severe public health risks. Fortunately, although the bills garnered a number of cosponsors, they didn’t get through commit- tee or get attached to an appropriations bill or other vehicle.
Canadian Seals: Sens. Carl Levin (D-MI) and Susan Collins (R- ME) introduced S. Res. 33 to call on the Canadian government to end the commercial seal hunt. Thanks to the leadership of Senate
S Foreign Relations Committee Chair Richard Lugar (R-IN) and rank- U S H
ing Democrat Joseph Biden (D-DE), the resolution was discharged E H
T by the committee, but it was blocked from final action by a “hold” A resolution condemning Canada’s gruesome placed by an unidentified senator. commercial seal hunt was discharged by Senate committee but ultimately blocked from final action. Canned Hunts: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Reps. Sam Farr (D-CA) and Christopher Shays (R-CT) introduced the Alternatives Development: With the help of Reps. Ken Calvert Sportsmanship in Hunting Act (S. 304/H.R. 1688) to ban interstate (R-CA) and Don Sherwood (R-PA) and Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH), and foreign commerce of captive exotic animals to be shot for the House and Senate committee reports accompanying the bill to entertainment or trophies. fund the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in FY 07 included provisions directing the agency to devise a five-year plan for Chimp Sanctuaries: Rep. Jim McCrery (R-LA) introduced H.R. research, development, translation, and validation of nonanimal 5798 to amend the Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance alternative testing methods. While action on that funding bill and Protection (CHIMP) Act of 2000 to prohibit any chimpanzee in wasn’t completed, the NIH published a notice in the Federal the national sanctuary system from being returned to research Register seeking comments on this plan. use. The bill passed the House by voice vote in the final week of the session but didn’t clear the Senate before Congress adjourned. Antibiotic Overuse: Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced S. 742/H.R. 2562 to phase out routine nontherapeutic use of antibiotics in farm animals—a common practice to promote growth and compensate for overcrowded, stressful, unsanitary conditions on factory farms—and protect the effectiveness of antibiotics for treating sick people and animals. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) successfully offered an amendment to the FY 07 Agriculture Appropriations bill in the House to push the U.S. Food
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y light of antibiotic resistance concerns. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton r a u
n (D-NY) offered a similar amendment in the Senate, but the bill was a J withdrawn and her amendment didn’t get a vote. d r a c e r Antifreeze: Sens. George Allen (R-VA) and Mark Pryor (D-AR) and o c Reps. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), and S
e Heather Wilson (R-NM) introduced S. 1110/H.R. 2567 to require in- n a clusion of a bittering agent in antifreeze and engine coolant to prevent m u Animal protectionists—as well as many hunting
H poisoning of pets, wildlife, and children. The Senate Commerce
e Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee groups—agree that shooting animals confined h
T in fenced pens isn’t sporting. approved the legislation, but it didn’t reach the floor in either chamber. 14 About 15,000 nonhuman primates are privately owned in the United States, and the trade is growing. But more legislators are learning that the primate pet trade is bad for animals and people.
Primates as Pets: Sens. James Jeffords (I-VT) and Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) and Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Rob Simmons (R-CT) introduced S. 1509/ H.R. 1329 to prohibit interstate and foreign commerce in nonhuman primates for the pet trade. The Senate passed the legislation unanimously, but it stalled in the House under the jurisdiction of Resources Committee Chair Richard Pombo (R-CA), who wasn’t reelected in November.
Puppy Mills: Sens. Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Richard Class B Dealers: Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and Reps. Philip Durbin (D-IL) and Reps. Jim Gerlach (R-PA) and Sam Farr (D-CA) English (R-PA) and Mike Doyle (D-PA) introduced S. 451/H.R. 5229 introduced the Pet Animal Welfare Statute (PAWS) (S. 1139/H.R. to prohibit the use in research of dogs and cats obtained from 2669) to extend animal welfare protections to puppies and kittens Class B dealers through random sources, which may include fam- bred by large commercial operations (“mills”) and sold over the ily pets and pets acquired through “free to good home” ads. Internet or through newspaper ads, and to make other strengthen- ing changes in the Animal Welfare Act. A subcommittee of the Senate Drive Fisheries: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced Agriculture Committee held a hearing on this legislation. S. Res. 99 to condemn grisly “drive hunts” along the coast of Japan, Denmark’s Faroe Islands, and other regions, where thou- Steel-Jaw Leghold Traps: Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) introduced sands of dolphins, porpoises, and small whales are herded into H.R. 3442 to end the use of conventional steel-jaw leghold traps on shallow waters and stabbed to death with spears or knives. animals in the United States.
Farm Animal Welfare/Procurement: Reps. Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced the Farm Animal Stewardship Purchasing Act (H.R. 5557) to require that suppliers of meat, eggs, dairy, or other farm animal products to federal programs such as the military, federal prisons, and school lunches meet basic animal welfare standards.
Food Labeling Preemption: Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) and Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) introduced harmful legislation (H.R. 4167/ S. 3128) that would restrict states from enacting food labeling requirements and prevent consumers from knowing about many food production practices, including farm animal treatment. The
House passed this legislation by a 283-189 vote, but the Senate S U S didn’t act on it. H
E H T Fur Labeling: Reps. Michael Ferguson (R-NJ) and James Moran Hundreds of thousands of puppy mill puppies are (D-VA) introduced the Truth in Fur Labeling Act (H.R. 4904) to sold across the United States each year; those sold require labeling of all fur products, regardless of value. Currently, directly to the public aren’t even provided the basic a loophole in the Fur Products Labeling Act allows fur products val- protections of the Animal Welfare Act. ued at $150 or less to be sold in the United States without disclo- sure of real fur content or species of animal used. Wildlife Crossings: Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (D-NY), with help from Sens. James Jeffords (I-VT) and Max Baucus (D-MT) and Rep. Internet Hunting: Reps. Tom Davis (R-VA) and Collin Peterson Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), got a provision included in the multiyear 7 0
(D-MN) introduced H.R. 1558 to prohibit computer-assisted remote transportation bill Congress enacted in 2005 (P.L. 109-59) requiring 0 2
y r hunting, in which a person can click a computer mouse to fire a the U.S. Department of Transportation to study ways to reduce a u n a remotely controlled rifle and kill animals stocked in fenced pens wildlife-vehicle collisions, produce a “best practices” manual, and J d miles away. develop a training course to guide state transportation planners on r a
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Microchips: Congress included language in the FY 06 Agriculture o c S Appropriations bill (P.L. 109-97) directing the USDA to develop reg- Wind Farms/Wild Birds: Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) got lan- e ulations that will allow for universal reading ability by pet guage included in the House committee report for the FY 07 n a microchip scanners so that scanners can read any chip, no matter Agriculture Appropriations bill encouraging the USDA to expand m u H the frequency, and microchipping can be more reliable, affordable, research work to prevent bird mortality from collisions with wind e h
and effective in reuniting lost pets with their families. turbine generators. T 15 The Yellowstone cate the public about animal protection issues, and to support Buffalo Preserva- humane candidates for office. tion Act would halt the hazing, The HSLF was formed in 2004 by The Humane Society of the United capture, and States and The Fund for Animals, two of the nation’s leading ani- slaughter of wild mal protection organizations, as a separate lobbying affiliate. In buffalo on federal 2006, the Doris Day Animal League joined forces with the HSLF. As public lands. a new lobbying organization, the HSLF can increase public policy work for animal protection, build an army of trained political activists, and compete with opposition groups that have long been Yellowstone Bison: operating at a different level. We may not be able to match our Reps. Maurice Hinchey opponents dollar for dollar, but we will be more aggressive and (D-NY) and Charles more effective. That means more lobbyists at the state and federal Bass (R-NH) introduced levels, more ballot initiatives, and more victories for animals. H.R. 2428 to stop the killing of Yellowstone bison (or “American buffalo”) and allow the herd to roam freely over federal lands.
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