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HR 7051 116th Congress House

To provide Federal relief to hog producers, especially family farmers and independent producers, who have been forced to euthanize hogs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 28, 2020 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Agricultural prices, subsidies, creditCardiovascular and respiratory healthDisaster relief and insuranceEmergency medical services and trauma care
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Food industry and servicesInfectious and parasitic diseasesLivestockMeat
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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
May 28, 2020
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 Latest action May 28, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide emergency relief to hog producers to aid in the reduction of intentional depopulation losses of market-ready hogs due to the closure or the reduction in processing capacity of a processing plant related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

USDA may not make a payment for the losses of market-ready hogs unless a veterinarian certifies that such hogs are market-ready hogs, and the number of such hogs for which the hog producer claims a loss. Additionally, USDA may not make payments for (1) any hog losses for which the hog producer does not provide sufficient documentation of ownership; (2) the losses of packer-owned hogs; or (3) the losses of hogs of a producer that is owned, in whole or in part, by any person who is not a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or entity.

The bill applies for the period beginning on April 1, 2020, and ending on the date that national processing capacity of hog processing plants is equal to or greater than such capacity was on February 1, 2020.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7051: To provide Federal relief to hog producers, especially family farmers and independent producers, who have been forced to euthanize hogs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7051/
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"H.R. 7051: To provide Federal relief to hog producers, especially family farmers and independent producers, who have been forced to euthanize hogs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7051/.
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H.R. 7051, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7051/.
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[H.R. 7051: To provide Federal relief to hog producers, especially family farmers and independent producers, who have been forced to euthanize hogs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7051/)
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