Oklahoma HBPA/TRAO Members,
As you are all aware, the federal law known as the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) will become partially effective on July 1, 2022. As the registration process has been ongoing and with that, we encourage you to review and send this letter out to your federal representatives with your opinions. As a participant in the horseracing industry, members can use this letter to make their federal representatives aware that the HISA-Authority has failed to follow the direction from Congress to abide by the complete implementation on the designated Program Effective Date of July 1, 2022.
With this letter, (that may be edited and/or personalized) members may ask that implementation be delayed by Congress, through authoring and passage of a technical corrections bill that changes the Program Effective Date to at least January 2, 2024. While we understand that a delay may not be what most are hoping for, at this point in time it is the best “ask” we can request to help in our efforts to get this right and the time we need.
Representatives address/emails/phone numbers below:
Congressman Markwayne Mullin
2421 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2701
Fax: (202) 225-3038
-6:00pm ET
US Representative Kevin Hern
1019 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2211
Fax: (202) 225-9187Congressman Frank Lucas
2405 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5565
Tom Cole
2207 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-6165
Fax: (202) 225-3512Stephanie Bice
1223 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
Fax: 202-226-1463
Jim Inhofe
205 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
202-224-4721
Fax: 202-228-0380
Devin_Barrett@inhofe.senate.gov
Jake_Blevins@inhofe.senate.gov
James Lankford
316 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5754
March 27, 2023
