HR 7438
117th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
A–PLUS Act
Introduced: April 7, 2022
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 18, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Apr 7, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 7, 2022
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States Act or the A-PLUS Act
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to revise federal regulations related to market agencies owning, financing, or participating in the operation of a meat packing entity. Specifically, this bill allows market agencies to have an ownership interest in, finance, or participate in the management or operation of a packing entity if such packing entity has a cumulative slaughter capacity of less than 2,000 animals per day or 700,000 animals per year.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
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