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Originally Posted by Sysonby
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act was just introduced into the Senate, has passed committee in Congress.
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Do a legislative history on this, thru govtrack.us
May 26,
1982, Senate's Judiciary Committee, Corrupt Horse Racing Practices Act,bill sponsored by Arkansas Sen. David Pryor. The meeting was chaired by Maryland's Charles “Mac” Mathias. S-1043
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?...view=1up&seq=1
H.R. 1733 (112th): Interstate Horseracing Improvement Act of
2011To amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 to prohibit the use of performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing.
("Died in a previous Congress: This bill was introduced on May 4, 2011, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote."..."This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress, which met from Jan 5, 2011 to Jan 3, 2013. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books."
MAY 16,
2013 H. R. 2012
To improve the integrity and safety of interstate horseracing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.....This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2013’’.
JUNE 3,
2015 --H. R. 2641 -- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2015’’
July 16,
2015
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY) and Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY), the co-chairmen of the Congressional Horse Caucus, introduced the bipartisan Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act of 2015.
MAY 25,
2017 H. R. 2651, This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017.
March 14,
2019 H.R.1754 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) Introduced in House; Horseracing Integrity Act of 2019, Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] Committees: House - Energy and Commerce
Sept. 9,
2020 S.4547 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
I guess this is what they mean when they talk about "the wheels moving slowly".
I am not going to get my hopes up given how many times this has been introduced, with different Bill numbers and small changes, etc. until I see the next summary and something is still alive afterwards.
