S 4709
117th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2022
Introduced: August 2, 2022
Introduced by:
Luján, Ben Ray
Democratic
· New Mexico
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 2, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Aug 2, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2022
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to revise its regulations to allow certain packers to hold an ownership interest in, finance, or participate in the management or operation of a market agency selling livestock on a commission basis. The bill applies to packers that have a cumulative slaughter capacity of (1) less than 2,000 animal per day or 700,000 animals per year with respect to cattle or sheep, and (2) less than 10,000 animals per day or 3 million animals per year with respect to hogs.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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