From: Chris Heyde
To: NashHulme@email.msn.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 4:11 PM
Subject: "for other purposes" xPosed

 
As with the rest of this bill, a few pro-horse slaughter organizations and individuals are attempting to misrepresent the bill.  Now they are focusing in on three words "for other purposes" further hoping to scare people and distract everybody from the real issue at hand - ending the cruelty of horse slaughter.   Now I know that the pro-horse slaughter people ignore the truth like the little kid on the play ground who sticks his fingers in his ears and yells "blah" "blah," "blah" when he doesn't want to hear what you have to say.  However, we must continue to put the truth out there. 
 
If this were some mass conspiracy, then Congress would only need one bill to enact anything they would choose to do by simply inserting "for other purposes."   
 
These three words are in almost every other piece of legislation before the US Congress and are used to represent "purposes" of the bill not listed specifically in the preamble.  For example,  "prohibit the sale, possession of horseflesh for human consumption "  is not listed in the preamble, but it is another purpose of the AHSPA as listed in SEC. 3. PURPOSE.  One only need to look at the very next line - The purpose of this Act is -- to realize  that the specific reasons of the bill are listed. 
 
Furthermore, the AHSPA was written based on two bills.  The Bear Protection Act and the Cat and Dog Fur Ban bill, both of which can be found on Thomas and searching during the 106th Congress.
 
Bear Protection Act:
H.R.2166 - http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c106:H.R.2166:
Title: To conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items, products, or substances containing, or labeled or advertised as containing, bear viscera, and for other purposes.  
 
Dog and Cat Protection Act of 1999
S.1197 - http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c106:S.1197:
Title: A bill to prohibit the importation of products made with dog or cat fur, to prohibit the sale, manufacture, offer for sale, transportation, and distribution of products made with dog or cat fur in the United States, and for other purposes.
 
Here is a random bill sponsored by Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA).  You will note its use of "for other purposes." 
American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 857) 
 
To prevent the slaughter of horses in and from the United States for human consumption by prohibiting the slaughter of horses for human consumption and by prohibiting the trade and transport of horseflesh and live horses intended for human consumption, and for other purposes.   
 
SEC. 3. PURPOSE.