HR 7438 117th Congress House Agriculture and Food

A–PLUS Act

Introduced: April 7, 2022 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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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

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 April 18, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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