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.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7438 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7438
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to amend certain regulations to
clarify that livestock auction owners may have an interest in small
meat packing businesses, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 7, 2022
Mrs. Hartzler (for herself, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Feenstra, and Mr. Johnson
of South Dakota) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to amend certain regulations to
clarify that livestock auction owners may have an interest in small
meat packing businesses, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Amplifying Processing of Livestock
in the United States Act'' or the ``A-PLUS Act''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFYING LIVESTOCK AUCTION OWNERS ALLOWED INTEREST IN SMALL
MEAT PACKING BUSINESSES.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise section 201.67 of title
9, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on October 1, 2021, to
specify that market agencies may have an ownership interest in,
finance, or participate in the management or operation of a packing
entity so long as such packing entity has a cumulative slaughter
capacity of less than 2,000 animals per day or 700,000 animals per
year.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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