United States 116th Congress Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 46 R · 9 D · 1 I cosponsors

HR 2859 — PRIME Act

Last action — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign 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 died with 116th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act or the PRIME Act This bill expands the exemption of custom slaughtering of animals from federal inspection requirements. Under current law, the exemption applies if the meat is slaughtered for personal, household, guest, and employee uses. The bill expands the exemption to include meat that is 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, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at a custom slaughter facility; or (2) the sale of meat or meat food products.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

Sponsors

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 2859 do?
Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act or the PRIME Act This bill expands the exemption of custom slaughtering of animals from federal inspection requirements. Under current law, the exemption applies if the meat is slaughtered for personal, household, guest, and employee uses. The bill expands the exemption to include meat that is 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, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at a custom slaughter facility; or (2) the sale of meat or meat food products.
Who sponsors HR 2859?
HR 2859 is sponsored by Pingree, Chellie (Democratic), Amash, Justin (Libertarian), Biggs, Andy (Republican), Duncan, Jeff (Republican), Garamendi, John (Democratic), Huffman, Jared (Democratic), King, Steve (Republican), Meadows, Mark (Republican), Perry, Scott (Republican), Stefanik, Elise M. (Republican), Green, Mark E. (Republican), Davis, Rodney (Republican), Tlaib, Rashida (Democratic), Gaetz, Matt (Republican), Courtney, Joe (Democratic), Golden, Jared F. (Democratic), McClintock, Tom (Republican), Burchett, Tim (Republican), Miller, Carol D. (Republican), Mooney, Alexander X. (Republican), Wittman, Robert J. (Republican), Smucker, Lloyd (Republican), Roy, Chip (Republican), Gohmert, Louie (Republican), Davidson, Warren (Republican), Buck, Ken (Republican), Soto, Darren (Democratic), Budd, Ted (Republican), Norman, Ralph (Republican), Gosar, Paul A. (Republican), Wright, Ron (Republican), Tipton, Scott R. (Republican), Brooks, Mo (Republican), Posey, Bill (Republican), Long, Billy (Republican), Cloud, Michael (Republican), Grothman, Glenn (Republican), Walden, Greg (Republican), Yoho, Ted S. (Republican), Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. (Republican), Lesko, Debbie (Republican), Blumenauer, Earl (Democratic), Walker, Mark (Republican), McKinley, David B. (Republican), Smith, Jason (Republican), Weber, Randy K. Sr. (Republican), Guthrie, Brett (Republican), Roe, David P. (Republican), Webster, Daniel (Republican), Babin, Brian (Republican), Steube, W. Gregory (Republican), Tiffany, Thomas P. (Republican), Herrera Beutler, Jaime (Republican), Spanberger, Abigail Davis (Democratic), Cline, Ben (Republican), and Massie, Thomas (Republican).
What is the current status of HR 2859?
This bill died with 116th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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