S 4298
116th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Congressional oversight
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Industrial facilities
Meat
RAMP–UP Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 23, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jul 23, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Requiring Assistance to Meat Processors for Upgrading Plants Act or the RAMP-UP Act
This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture to provide grants to meat and poultry processing facilities for assistance with costs incurred in making improvements to such facilities and carrying out other planning activities necessary to be subject to inspection and allow for interstate shipment of their products.
Each grant shall not exceed $100,000.
Grant recipients must provide matching nonfederal funds in an amount equal to the amount of a grant, except for grants awarded in FY2020 or FY2021.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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