H.R. 2814: PRIME Act

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H.R. 2814: PRIME Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-04-25 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

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PRIME Act

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Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act or the PRIME Act This bill exempts from federal inspection requirements animals and meats that are slaughtered and prepared at custom animal slaughter facilities for distribution within the state. Under current law, a custom slaughter exemption applies if the meat is slaughtered exclusively for personal, household, guest, or employee uses. Specifically, the bill expands the federal inspection exemption to include the slaughter of animals or the preparation of carcasses, meat, and meat food products that are slaughtered and prepared at a custom slaughter facility in accordance with the laws of the state where the facility is located; and prepared exclusively for distribution to household consumers in the state or restaurants, hotels, boarding houses, grocery stores, or other establishments in the state that either prepare meals served directly to consumers or offer meat and food products for sale directly to consumers in the state. The bill does not preempt any state law concerning (1) the slaughter of animals or the preparation of carcasses, meat, and meat food products at a custom slaughter facility; or (2) the sale of meat or meat food products.

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Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] · 56 cosponsors

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Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Jared F. Golden (D-ME), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Chip Roy (R-TX), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Scott Perry (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ben Cline (R-VA), Keith Self (R-TX), Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Ralph Norman (R-SC), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Laurel M. Lee (R-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Troy E. Nehls (R-TX), Cory Mills (R-FL), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Blake D. Moore (R-UT), Carol D. Miller (R-WV), Mary E. Miller (R-IL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA), John R. Carter (R-TX)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] reported raising $8.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr2814.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

Record fed-us-cong118-hr2814 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118