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Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-782| Senate 
| Updated: 2/27/2025
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Cosponsors (2)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill mandates the Secretary of Agriculture to amend existing regulations, specifically section 201.67 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations. The primary goal is to exempt certain packers from the prohibition against having an interest in market agencies , thereby potentially fostering local meat processing. The exemption applies to packers with a cumulative slaughter capacity below specified thresholds: less than 2,000 cattle or sheep per day (or 700,000 annually), and less than 10,000 hogs per day (or 3,000,000 annually). Furthermore, any market agency with an ownership or management interest in such an exempted packer must disclose the packer's name and the nature of the relationship on the account of sale when selling consigned livestock to that packer. A savings clause clarifies that this Act does not limit the Secretary's authority under the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 to enforce rules protecting producers, competition, market integrity, or preventing conflicts of interest.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4709
Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-813
Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2023
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 27, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4709
    Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-813
    Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2023


  • February 27, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 27, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture and Food

Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-782| Senate 
| Updated: 2/27/2025
This bill mandates the Secretary of Agriculture to amend existing regulations, specifically section 201.67 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations. The primary goal is to exempt certain packers from the prohibition against having an interest in market agencies , thereby potentially fostering local meat processing. The exemption applies to packers with a cumulative slaughter capacity below specified thresholds: less than 2,000 cattle or sheep per day (or 700,000 annually), and less than 10,000 hogs per day (or 3,000,000 annually). Furthermore, any market agency with an ownership or management interest in such an exempted packer must disclose the packer's name and the nature of the relationship on the account of sale when selling consigned livestock to that packer. A savings clause clarifies that this Act does not limit the Secretary's authority under the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 to enforce rules protecting producers, competition, market integrity, or preventing conflicts of interest.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4709
Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-813
Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2023
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 27, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4709
    Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-813
    Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2023


  • February 27, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 27, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Cosponsors (2)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Agriculture and Food

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted