119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Nov 4, 2025
DIRECT Act of 2025
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Latest action (Nov 4, 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 (Nov 4, 2025)
Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions Act of 2025 or the DIRECT Act of 2025
This bill allows meat and poultry products inspected by State Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to be sold by retail stores, restaurants, or similar retail-type establishments over the internet and shipped by a carrier in commerce (other than for export to a foreign country). The state-inspected meat and poultry products must be shipped directly to household consumers and in normal retail quantities (e.g., do not exceed 300 pounds for beef, 100 pounds for pork, and 27.5 pounds for lamb).
As background, under the inspection programs, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service allows states that meet certain requirements to inspect meat and poultry. The state-inspected products are currently limited to intrastate commerce, unless a state opts into a separate Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced in Senate
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ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION · lobbying firm or registrant: ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 19, 2026 · issue area: Agriculture
$40,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ted delivery of Supplemental Disaster Assistance Program by USDA Opposed Section 729 of the FY26 House Ag Approps Bill dealing with poultry contracts Supported S. 3099, Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions (DIRECT) Act, legislation that would give livestock and poultry producers greater market access na…
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