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S.2651: PRIME Act
About This Bill
- Introduced March 8, 2016
- Latest Major Action March 8, 2016
- See the four similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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Bill Summary
Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act or the PRIME Act This bill amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to expand 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...
(Source: Library of Congress)
What Lawmakers Are Saying About This Bill
Bill Actions
Date | Description |
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March 8, 2016 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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March 8, 2016 |
Introduced in the Senate by Angus King (ID-Maine) |