119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jul 23, 2025
PRIME Act
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Latest action (Jul 23, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Agriculture and Food
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jul 23, 2025)
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.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced in Senate
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FARM AND RANCH FREEDOM ALLIANCE · lobbying firm or registrant: FARM AND RANCH FREEDOM ALLIANCE
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
Amount not reported
LOCAL Foods Act (HR 5341/ S. 1212) PRIME Act (HR 4700 / S. 2409) Support the WEST Act (HR 3293) Agricultural Act of 2026 (S. 5526) Egg Grading Reform (legislation not yet filed) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Reform
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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
…rtilizer Research Act (S.2808 and H.R.6192), Meat and Poultry Special 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), E…
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