HR 7438 United States House · 117th Congress

A–PLUS Act

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.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Apr 2022

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Introduced Apr 7, 2022 Last action Apr 18, 2022

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Committee

Apr 18, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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Apr 7, 2022

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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Apr 7, 2022

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1 primary · 22 co-sponsors