119th Congress · introduced in the House · Apr 29, 2025
Strengthening Local Processing Act of 2025
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Latest action (Apr 29, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Agriculture and Food
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Apr 29, 2025)
Strengthening Local Processing Act of 2025
This bill revises provisions related to meat and poultry processing establishments, including by establishing grants and a database to assist smaller establishments (i.e., at least 10 but fewer than 500 employees) and very small establishments (i.e., fewer than 10 employees or annual sales of less than $2.5 million).
For example, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish a searchable database of peer-reviewed validation studies for use in developing Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plans for smaller and very small establishments.
The bill increases the maximum federal cost shares for (1) state meat and poultry inspection programs (from 50% to 65%), and (2) the Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) program (from 60% to 80%). The CIS program allows state-inspected facilities to operate as federally-inspected facilities and ship their products in interstate commerce and internationally.
Additionally, USDA must conduct outreach to states that have meat and poultry inspection programs, but do not participate in the CIS program. The bill also allows certain establishments with up to 50 employees (currently up to 25 employees) to participate in the program.
USDA must also award grants to increase resiliency and diversification of the meat processing system, including activities that support (1) the health and safety of meat and poultry plant employees, suppliers, and customers; (2) increased processing capacity; and (3) the resilience of the small meat and poultry processing sector.
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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…arm assistance, farmers market nutrition programs FSA Staffing LFPA, Local Farms and Food Act local food in ad-hoc farm assistance Local food in the Farm Bill, H.R. 3076 Local food in the Farm Bill, S. 1509 mandatory funding for OUAIP in farm bill Meat processing OMB Grants Rule Organic at NRCS Organic Cost Share Outreach and A…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$6,242
Spent on own lobbying
…culture Appropriations (outside witness testimony) Innovative Practices for Soil Health Local Farms and Food Act Local Food in Schools program Meat processing (HR.3076, S. 1509) NIFA competitive grants programs Promoting Access to Local Act S. 4483 Rural Energy for America Program Seed IP seed patent law senior farmers market…
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FARM ACTION FUND · lobbying firm or registrant: FARM ACTION FUND
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Investigator Act (S.1312 and H.R.1380), LOCAL Foods Act (S.1212 and H.R.5341), PRIME Act (S.2409 and H.R.4700), Strengthening Local Processing Act (S.1509 and H.R.3076), Strengthening Local Food Security Act (S.2338), Save Our Small Farms Act (H.R.2435), EQIP Improvement Act (S.3498), Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing