United States 119th Congress Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 39 R · 8 D cosponsors

HR 4700 — PRIME Act

Last action — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced July 23, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

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Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 47 sponsors

    1 primary, 46 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (39 R · 8 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

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.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill exempts the slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses at custom slaughter facilities from federal inspection requirements under certain conditions.

  • 21 U.S.C. 623

    (b)(1) The provisions of this title requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at establishments conducting such operations for commerce shall not apply to the slaughtering by any person of animals at a custom slaughter facility, and the preparation at such custom slaughter facility and transportation in commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals if-- (A) the slaughtering and preparation carried out at such custom slaughter facility is carried out in accordance with the law of the State in which the custom slaughter facility is located; and (B) the animals are so slaughtered and the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals are so prepared exclusively for distribution to-- (i) household consumers within the State; and (ii) restaurants, hotels, boarding houses, grocery stores, or other establishments located in such State that-- (I) are involved in the preparation of meals served directly to consumers; or (II) offer meat and meat food products for sale directly to consumers in the State.

    This addition allows for the slaughter and preparation of meat at custom slaughter facilities without federal inspection, provided it complies with state law and certain distribution conditions.

  • 21 U.S.C. 623

    paragraph (b) → paragraph (c)

    This change updates the paragraph numbers following the addition of the new exemption for custom slaughter facilities.

Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 46 co-sponsors · 500 not signed on

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 4700 do?
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.
Who sponsors HR 4700?
HR 4700 is sponsored by Massie, Thomas (Republican), Pingree, Chellie (Democratic), Arrington, Jodey C. (Republican), Brecheen, Josh (Republican), Perry, Scott (Republican), Boebert, Lauren (Republican), Burchett, Tim (Republican), Hageman, Harriet M. (Republican), Greene, Marjorie Taylor (Republican), Tiffany, Thomas P. (Republican), Roy, Chip (Republican), Gosar, Paul A. (Republican), Burlison, Eric (Republican), Cloud, Michael (Republican), Davidson, Warren (Republican), Biggs, Andy (Republican), Cline, Ben (Republican), Donalds, Byron (Republican), Gill, Brandon (Republican), Ogles, Andrew (Republican), Miller, Mary E. (Republican), Grothman, Glenn (Republican), Lee, Laurel M. (Republican), Mace, Nancy (Republican), Nehls, Troy E. (Republican), Harshbarger, Diana (Republican), McClintock, Tom (Republican), Spartz, Victoria (Republican), Mills, Cory (Republican), Rulli, Michael A. (Republican), Moore, Blake D. (Republican), Baumgartner, Michael (Republican), Clyde, Andrew S. (Republican), Salazar, Maria Elvira (Republican), Maloy, Celeste (Republican), Smucker, Lloyd (Republican), Williams, Roger (Republican), Carter, John R. (Republican), Valadao, David G. (Republican), Leger Fernandez, Teresa (Democratic), Owens, Burgess (Republican), Golden, Jared F. (Democratic), Huffman, Jared (Democratic), Tokuda, Jill N. (Democratic), Subramanyam, Suhas (Democratic), Courtney, Joe (Democratic), and Stansbury, Melanie A. (Democratic).
What is the current status of HR 4700?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced July 23, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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