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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 8467 (Introduced in House) — To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture throug... · Sec. 6305

Sec. 6305. New, mobile, and expanded meat processing and rendering grants

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In this section: The term eligible entity means— a public, private, or cooperative organization organized on a for-profit or nonprofit basis, including a small establishment and very small establishment; an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 )); a land-grant college or university (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3103 )); a non-land-grant college of agriculture (as defined in that section); and a State department of agriculture or other applicable State office with authority over meat and poultry processing and rendering.
The terms small establishment and very small establishment have the meanings given the terms smaller establishment and very small establishment , respectively, in the final rule entitled Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems (61 Fed. Reg. 38806 (July 25, 1996)) (or successor regulations). The purposes of this section are— to create more resilient local and regional food systems; to expand, diversify, and increase resilience in meat and poultry processing and rendering activities; to increase farmer and rancher access to animal slaughter options; to improve compliance of processors with livestock and poultry processing statutes (including regulations), including the Federal Meat Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 451 et seq. ); to reduce barriers to entry for new meat and poultry processors and renderers; to establish new, or update, expand, or otherwise improve existing, meat and poultry processing and rendering facilities; and to support the processing and slaughtering of niche production methods such as halal, kosher, and other specific cultural methods.
The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to use in accordance with subsection (d). The maximum amount of a grant awarded under paragraph
(1)shall not exceed $500,000. The term of a grant awarded under paragraph
(1)shall not exceed 3 years. In awarding grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to small establishments and very small establishments. An eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant to carry out activities in support of the purposes described in subsection (b), including activities— to identify and analyze business opportunities, including feasibility studies required for credit worthiness; to achieve compliance with applicable Federal, State, or local regulations; to conduct regional, community, and local economic development planning and coordination and leadership development; to incentivize new, innovative, or mobile enterprises for increasing or improving local and regional meat or poultry processing and rendering; to implement humane handling infrastructure, including holding space for livestock prior to slaughter, shade structures, and structures and equipment for humane slaughter; to develop a feasibility study or business plan for, or carry out any other activity associated with, establishing or expanding a small meat or poultry slaughter, processing, or rendering facility; to purchase equipment that enables the further use or value-added sale of coproducts or byproducts; and to purchase cold storage and related equipment. The Federal share of the activities carried out using a grant awarded under this section shall not exceed— 90 percent in the case of a grant in the amount of $100,000 or less; or 75 percent in the case of a grant in an amount greater than $100,000. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
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Sec. 6305
New, mobile, and expanded meat processing and rendering grants
U.S.C.§ 5304
U.S.C.§ 3103
U.S.C.§ 601
U.S.C.§ 451
Fed. Reg.61 FR 38806
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