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S 813 118th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food

Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2023

Introduced: July 11, 2023 Introduced by: Luján, Ben Ray Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 15, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2023

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 March 15, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 7 Independent 1
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Nov 13, 2024
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Ricketts, Pete
Nebraska · Apr 9, 2024
 I
King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Jul 19, 2023
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Jul 11, 2023
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Mar 29, 2023
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Mar 16, 2023
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Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Mar 16, 2023
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Mar 15, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 813: Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-813/
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"S. 813: Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-813/.
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S. 813, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-813/.
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