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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="7438" measure-id="id117hr7438" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-04-07" update-date="2023-08-23">
        <title>A–PLUS Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr7438v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-08-23">
            <action-date>2022-04-07</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States Act or the</strong> <strong>A-PLUS Act</strong></p> <p>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.</p>]]></summary-text>
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