6 U.S.C. § 453c — Disposition of equines unfit for service

None of the funds made available in this or any other Act for fiscal year 2012 and thereafter may be used to destroy or put out to pasture any horse or other equine belonging to any component or agency of the Department of Homeland Security that has become unfit for service, unless the trainer or handler is first given the option to take possession of the equine through an adoption program that has safeguards against slaughter and inhumane treatment. ( Pub. L. 112–74, div. D, title V, § 526 , Dec. 23, 2011 , 125 Stat. 974 .) Editorial Notes References in Text This Act, referred to in text, means div. D of Pub. L. 112–74 , Dec. 23, 2011 , 125 Stat. 943 , known as the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 , and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 , and not as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.

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