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H.R. 7438: A–PLUS Act

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H.R. 7438: A–PLUS Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-04-07 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-04-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

A–PLUS Act

Plain summary

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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Official text

A–PLUS Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] · 22 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Troy Balderson (R-OH), David Rouzer (R-NC), Jared Huffman (D-CA), James R. Baird (R-IN), Michael Cloud (R-TX), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Roger Williams (R-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr7438 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117