Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Bills & Legislation (Page 6)

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Us Congress Senate Bill SB754

Introduced
2/26/25  
Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB775

Introduced
2/27/25  
Save America's Forgotten Equines Act of 2025 or the SAFE Act of 2025This bill permanently prohibits the slaughter of equines (e.g., horses and mules) for human consumption. (Current law prohibits the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. This bill extends the prohibition to equines.) Specifically, this bill prohibits a person from knowingly (1) slaughtering an equine for human consumption; or (2) shipping, transporting, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donating an equine to be slaughtered for human consumption or equine parts for human consumption.The bill subjects a violator to a fine.The bill applies to conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. However, it does not apply to an activity carried out by an Indian for a religious ceremony.As background, in recent years, the appropriations acts have prohibited the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using federal funds to inspect horses before they are slaughtered for human consumption. Therefore, there are currently no USDA-inspected horse slaughter facilities in the United States.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB782

Introduced
2/27/25  
Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2025This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to revise its regulations to allow certain packers to hold an ownership interest in, finance, or participate in the management or operation of a market agency selling livestock on a commission basis.The bill applies to packers that have a cumulative slaughter capacity of (1) less than 2,000 animals per day or 700,000 animals per year with respect to cattle or sheep, and (2) less than 10,000 animals per day or 3 million animals per year with respect to hogs.In addition, the bill includes a disclosure requirement for a market agency that has an ownership interest in, finances, or participates in the management or operation of a packer to which the agency sells consigned livestock. Specifically, the market agency must disclose on the account of sale (1) the name of the packer, and (2) the nature of the relationship between the market agency and the packer.
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB783

Introduced
2/27/25  
Assistance for Rural Water Systems Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB835

Introduced
3/4/25  
Reduce Food Loss and Waste Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB845

Introduced
3/4/25  
Farmland Security Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB1012

Introduced
3/12/25  
SOIL Act of 2025 Security and Oversight for International Landholdings Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB984

Introduced
3/12/25  
Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB993

Introduced
3/12/25  
School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB1018

Introduced
3/13/25  
Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB1019

Introduced
3/13/25  
Rural Water System Disaster Preparedness and Assistance Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB1042

Introduced
3/13/25  
Smoke Exposure Research Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB1061

Introduced
3/13/25  
Forest Service Accountability Act
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB1021

Introduced
3/13/25  
Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025
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Us Congress Senate Bill SB1029

Introduced
3/13/25  
Snow Survey Northeast Expansion Act of 2025