[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 530 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 530

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to amend certain regulations to 
  clarify that livestock auction owners may have an interest in small 
            meatpacking businesses, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2023

Mr. Alford (for himself, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Panetta, Mr. 
 Huffman, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Baird, Mr. Moore of Alabama, 
Mr. Cloud, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Van Orden) 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 
            meatpacking 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 
              MEATPACKING 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 January 1, 2023, to 
specify that market agencies may have an ownership interest in, 
finance, or participate in the management or operation of a packer, so 
long as such packer--
            (1) with respect to cattle and sheep, has a cumulative 
        slaughter capacity of less than--
                    (A) 2,000 animals per day; or
                    (B) 700,000 animals per year; and
            (2) with respect to hogs, has a cumulative slaughter 
        capacity of less than--
                    (A) 10,000 animals per day; or
                    (B) 3,000,000 animals per year.
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