119-hr5341

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5341 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5341

 To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt certain owners of 
 livestock from inspection requirements, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 11, 2025

Mr. Vindman (for himself and Mr. Baird) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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 A BILL

 To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt certain owners of 
 livestock from inspection requirements, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Livestock Owned by Communities to 
Advance Local Foods Act of 2025'' or the ``LOCAL Foods Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTIONS FROM INSPECTION.

 

Section 23

    (a) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 623

    (a) ) 
is amended by striking ``the slaughtering by any person of animals of 
his own raising, and the preparation by him and transportation in 
commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products 
of such animals exclusively for use by him and members of his household 
and his nonpaying guests and employees'' and inserting ``the 
slaughtering of animals by any person that is an owner of the animals 
in whole or in part, or the preparation or transportation in commerce 
of the carcasses or parts thereof or meat and meat food products from 
those animals by an owner, if such slaughter, preparation, or 
transportation is exclusively for the use of an owner or the household, 
nonpaying guests, or employees of an owner, subject to the condition 
that if an owner designates an agent to assist in such slaughter, 
preparation, or transportation, the owner shall maintain custody and 
specific identification of the carcasses or parts thereof or meat and 
meat food products, as determined by the Secretary''.
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