3.0.0 354 2025-12-05T08:22:10Z 2025-12-05T08:22:10Z Senate S S 2023-02-09 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/354 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-02-09T20:18:58Z 118 945 HR 2023-03-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Identical bill CRS 2023-02-09 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S317-319) IntroReferral 2023-02-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2023-02-09 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2023-02-09 True R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2023-02-09 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2023-02-09 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2023-02-09 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2023-02-09 True Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2023-03-08T21:00:29Z

00 2023-02-09 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-17T16:20:20Z <p><b>Strengthening Local Processing Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill revises provisions related to meat and poultry processing establishments, including smaller establishments (i.e., at least 10 but fewer than 500 employees) and very small establishments (i.e., fewer than 10 employees or annual sales of less than $2.5 million).</p> <p>For example, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish a searchable database of peer-reviewed validation studies for use in developing Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plans for smaller and very small establishments.</p> <p>The bill increases the maximum federal cost share from 50% to 65% that USDA may provide to assist states in creating meat and poultry inspection programs.</p> <p>Additionally, USDA must conduct outreach with states that have meat and poultry inspection programs, but that do not have Cooperative Interstate Shipment programs. The Cooperative Interstate Shipment program allows state-inspected facilities to operate as federally-inspected facilities and ship their products in interstate commerce and internationally.</p> <p>USDA must also award competitive grants for activities to increase resiliency and diversification of the meat processing system, including activities that support (1) the health and safety of meat and poultry plant employees, suppliers, and customers; (2) increased processing capacity; and (3) the resilience of the small meat and poultry processing sector.</p> <p>Further, the bill establishes grant programs to (1) establish or expand meat and poultry processing career training programs at community colleges, vocational schools, nonprofit organizations, worker training centers, and universities; and (2) support smaller and very small establishments by offsetting the cost of training new meat and poultry processors.</p>

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