What does Preamble of Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2025 do?

This bill, formally titled 'A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to amend regulations to allow for certain packers to have an interest in market agencies, and for other purposes,' aims to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to amend regulations. The bill's stated purpose is to allow certain packers to have an interest in market agencies.

What does SHORT TITLE. of Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2025 do?

This bill is formally titled the Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2025.

What does ALLOWED INTEREST OF CERTAIN PACKERS IN MARKET AGENCIES. of Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2025 do?

This section directs the Secretary of Agriculture to revise regulations to exempt certain packers from a prohibition. Packers described in subsection (b) are those with a slaughter capacity of less than 2,000 cattle/sheep per day or 700,000 per year, or less than 10,000 hogs per day or 3,000,000 per year. Market agencies with an ownership interest in, or relationship with, a packer to which they sell consigned livestock must disclose the packer's name and the nature of the relationship on the account of sale. This section does not limit the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to enforce rules under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921.

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Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2025

Last updated: 2/27/2025 · Introduced: 2/27/2025

Author: Ben Luján (D-NM)

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This bill allows smaller meat packers (with slaughter capacities below specified thresholds) to have ownership interests in market agencies.
Market agencies with such relationships must disclose the packer's name and the nature of the relationship on sales accounts.
The Secretary of Agriculture retains authority to enforce existing rules under the Packers and Stockyards Act.

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