{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-5441","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 5441","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"PAST Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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 enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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 enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"PAST Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"PAST Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"PAST Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"PAST Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"PAST Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-09-30","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-11-14","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h478","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"PAST Act","result":"Passed","yea":304,"nay":111,"present":0,"not_voting":17,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll478.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.","date":"2022-11-15"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-11-14","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2022 or the PAST Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill addresses the practice of soring horses. The soring of horses includes various actions taken on horses' limbs to produce higher gaits that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill expands soring regulation and enforcement at horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions, including by establishing a new system for inspecting horses for soring. In addition, the bill increases penalties for violations."}],"words":78},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Horse Protection Act to add unlawful acts involving the soring of horses, change how inspectors are licensed and assigned, and increase penalties and disqualification periods for violations.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5441/text/eh#H47E0C360666B4B3881F02E10BB4FE43E"}]},"core_areas":["Unlawful acts under the Horse Protection Act, including action devices and weighted shoes","Licensing, assignment and oversight of horse inspectors","Disqualification of sore horses and of persons who violate the Act","Fines and imprisonment for violations of the Act"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Defines \"action device\" and makes the use of an action device on any limb of a Tennessee Walking Horse, Racking Horse or Spotted Saddle Horse at a horse show, exhibition, sale or auction an unlawful act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5441/text/eh#H47E0C360666B4B3881F02E10BB4FE43E"}},{"text":"Makes it unlawful to use a weighted shoe, pad, wedge, hoof band or other device on those three breeds at such events if it is built to artificially alter the horse's gait and is not strictly protective or therapeutic.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5441/text/eh#H47E0C360666B4B3881F02E10BB4FE43E"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to set by regulation how the Department of Agriculture licenses, trains, assigns and oversees inspectors, who are hired by event management and must be free from conflicts of interest.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5441/text/eh#H47E0C360666B4B3881F02E10BB4FE43E"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to disqualify a horse found sore for at least 180 days for the first instance, at least one year for the second, and at least three years for the third.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5441/text/eh#H47E0C360666B4B3881F02E10BB4FE43E"}},{"text":"Raises the penalty for knowingly violating section 5 of the Horse Protection Act or its regulations from a $3,000 fine and one year in prison to a $5,000 fine and three years, for each violation.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5441/text/eh#H47E0C360666B4B3881F02E10BB4FE43E"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary, after notice and a hearing, to permanently disqualify a person for a third or later violation from showing or exhibiting horses, judging or managing events, or otherwise participating in them.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5441/text/eh#H47E0C360666B4B3881F02E10BB4FE43E"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5441/text/eh#HDB00EB916BE24CA5A956FE163911218A"},"heading":"Determination of budgetary effects","effect":"Directs that the budgetary effects of the Act, for Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 purposes, be determined by reference to the latest PAYGO statement printed in the Congressional Record by the House Budget Committee Chairman.","amount":null,"quote":"shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled “Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation” for this Act"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-11-14","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5441/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5441","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5441/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-5441.png","v":"2a32238b5647","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5441, 117th Congress: PAST Act of 2022. House: 304 Yea, 111 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 14 Nov 2022."}}