Legislation
AWHC Hails Nomination of Rep. Deborah Haaland as Interior Secretary
WASHINGTON (Dec. 17, 2020) The American Wild Horse Campaign released the following statement in response to President-Elect Biden’s nomination of U.S. Rep. Deborah Haaland as Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior:
Bipartisan lawmakers to Appropriators: Follow the House Lead and Protect Wild Horses
WASHINGTON, DC (November 25, 2020)… Today, lawmakers in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives sent letters to leadership urging them to ensure the final FY21 spending bill contains a key provision to reform the mismanaged and controversial Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Program.
58 Members of Congress Tell BLM to Cancel Inhumane Wild Horse Sterilization Surgeries
WASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 19, 2020)... Today, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) sent a bipartisan letter signed by 58 Members of Congress to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt calling on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to drop a controversial plan to surgically sterilize federally-protected wild horses in Utah.
Senate Proposes $14 Million Increase to BLM Wild Horse & Burro Budget
AWHC Criticizes Approps Committee for Funding Mass Roundup Program While Ignoring Humane Alternatives
WASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 10, 2020)…Today the nation’s leading wild horse protection organization, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) expressed disappointment with the U.S.
Capitol Hill Update: What RBG's Passing Means for Wild Horse Protection
(Washington, D.C., September 23, 2020) Today begins three days of public mourning for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of equality and women's rights. The AWHC team was saddened to hear of the passing of Justice Ginsburg this past weekend.
AWHC Gov't Relations: An update from the Hill
(September 9, 2020) The Senate returned to Washington Tuesday after its summer recess, while the House returns for committee work this week and possible voting next week. The two main legislative issues Congress will try to address before they leave town until after the election are a possible COVID stimulus package and funding for the federal government beyond the September 30 deadline either through appropriations bills or a continuing resolution.
BREAKING: U.S. House Passes Historic Wild Horse Protection Amendment
WASHINGTON (July 23, 2020) -- The American Wild Horse Campaign today applauded the U.S. House for approving a wild horse protection amendment to H.R. 7608, the State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 202. The amendment was led by a strong bipartisan team of lawmakers: U.S.
American Wild Horse Campaign Joins With Bipartisan Members to Protect Wild Horses
Advocacy groups push for House floor amendment to allocate $11 million of the current budget to PZP birth control to humanely manage wild horse and burro populations, Curbing Amount Spent on Roundups and Incarceration
AWHC Statement in Response to House Interior Appropriations Bill
WASHINGTON, DC (July 6, 2020) ...The House Interior Approps subcommittee rejected the President’s budget request for $15.3 million in additional funding for the Wild Horse and Burro Program. The bill also continues to prohibit the BLM and the Forest Service from slaughtering wild horses and burros. That’s the good news.
