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HSUS Backed Bill Introduced in House
Published Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 05:02 AM
A bill introduced in the U.S. House has received the endorsement of the Humane Society of the United States. Introduced by Representatives Diane Watson and Elton Gallegly of California, the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act sets rules around confinement of animals used to produce food purchased by the federal government.

In a news release, HSUS said the bill - simply requires that any food purchased for federal programs comes from animals raised with enough room to stand up, lie down, turn around and stretch their limbs. \

The federal government spends more than 1-billion dollars buying animal products for a variety of programs and agencies, including the National School Lunch Program, the Armed Services and the Bureau of Prisons.

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