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Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States Act or the A-PLUS Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to revise federal regulations related to market agencies owning, financing, or participating in the operation of a meat packing entity. Specifically, this bill allows market agencies to have an ownership interest in, finance, or participate in the management or operation of a packing entity if such packing entity has a cumulative slaughter capacity of less than 2,000 animals per day or 700,000 animals per year.
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2022 · first_quarter · Animals
Exempt livestock haulers from using the Electric Logging Devices US Fish & Wildlife Services - Oppose the proposed Kankakee County Wildlife refuge Support for A-Plus Act (H.R. 7438)
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2022 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
HR 7438, A PLUS Act S 4709, Expanding Local Meat Processing Act Creating flexibility for prompt payment under the Packers and Stockyards Act Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) Program Scrapie Program Foreign Labor Programs (H2-A, H2-B)
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Agriculture
HR 7438, A PLUS Act S 4709, Expanding Local Meat Processing Act Creating flexibility for prompt payment under the Packers and Stockyards Act Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) Program Scrapie Program Foreign Labor Programs (H2-A, H2-B)
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Agriculture
HR 7438 A Plus Act Animal Disease Traceability HR 4103/S 3870 Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act Cattle Contract Library S 4030 Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022 Livestock Transportation Hours of Service regulations H2-A/H2-B foreign labor programs
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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