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Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-813| Senate 
| Updated: 3/15/2023
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Cosponsors (8)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Angus S. King (Independent)Mike Rounds (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)Pete Ricketts (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4709
Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2022
Mar 15, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Mar 15, 2023
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


  • March 15, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 15, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture and Food

Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2023

USA118th CongressS-813| Senate 
| Updated: 3/15/2023
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.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4709
Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2022
Mar 15, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Mar 15, 2023
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


  • March 15, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 15, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Cosponsors (8)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Roger Marshall (Republican)Angus S. King (Independent)Mike Rounds (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)Pete Ricketts (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Agriculture and Food

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