HR 805 United States House · 118th Congress

Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act of 2023

This bill establishes requirements for large industrial agricultural operations (defined as those owning or controlling significant numbers of livestock) to create disaster mitigation plans, register with a new Office of High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigation and Enforcement, and report depopulation activities. It prohibits certain inhumane depopulation methods like ventilation shutdown and sodium nitrite poisoning, and requires covered operators to cover costs of depopulation, disposal, and compensation for workers and neighboring communities affected by disasters. The bill also sets new labor standards including health insurance coverage and severance pay for workers involved in disaster mitigation events, improves transport standards for livestock, and requires humane treatment of nonambulatory animals. It includes funding for additional OSHA and FSIS inspectors to enforce these requirements, directly affecting large industrial agricultural operators, their workers, and neighboring communities.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
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Introduced Feb 2, 2023 Last action Mar 6, 2023
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Mar 6, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
lower
Feb 3, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
lower
Feb 2, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Feb 2, 2023
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1 primary · 15 co-sponsors

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