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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 805
5	5	To establish the Office of High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigation and
6	6	Enforcement in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY2, 2023
9	9	Mr. M
10	10	CGOVERN(for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. MENG, Ms. NORTON,
11	11	Mrs. H
12	12	AYES, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, and Mr. KHANNA) introduced the
13	13	following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and
14	14	in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and
15	15	Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined
16	16	by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
17	17	within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
18	18	A BILL
19	19	To establish the Office of High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitiga-
20	20	tion and Enforcement in the Department of Agriculture,
21	21	and for other purposes.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
25	25	(a) S
26	26	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
27	27	‘‘Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act of 2023’’. 5
28	28	(b) T
29	29	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
30	30	this Act is as follows: 7
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34	34	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
35	35	Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.
36	36	Sec. 3. Findings.
37	37	TITLE I—HIGH-RISK AFO DISASTER MITIGATION AND
38	38	ENFORCEMENT
39	39	Sec. 101. Definitions.
40	40	Subtitle A—Department of Agriculture
41	41	Sec. 111. Office of High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigation and Enforcement.
42	42	Sec. 112. Registration of high-risk AFOs.
43	43	Sec. 113. Covered industrial operator responsibilities and liabilities.
44	44	Sec. 114. Restriction on certain methods of depopulation.
45	45	Sec. 115. Reports.
46	46	Sec. 116. Civil actions.
47	47	Subtitle B—Department of Labor
48	48	Sec. 121. Definitions.
49	49	Sec. 122. Minimum labor standards for covered workers and affected contract
50	50	growers.
51	51	Sec. 123. Prohibition on the use of incarcerated workers.
52	52	TITLE II—GRANT AND PILOT PROGRAMS
53	53	Sec. 201. Definitions.
54	54	Sec. 202. Controlled-atmosphere stunning transition program.
55	55	Sec. 203. Pilot program for increased accessibility to inspection and technical
56	56	assistance for eligible processing facilities.
57	57	TITLE III—HUMANE HANDLING REFORMS
58	58	Subtitle A—Transport
59	59	Sec. 311. Transportation of livestock and poultry.
60	60	Sec. 312. Higher-welfare transport research funding.
61	61	Subtitle B—Nonambulatory Livestock
62	62	Sec. 321. Unlawful slaughter practices involving nonambulatory livestock.
63	63	Sec. 322. Unlawful use of drugs contributing to nonambulatory conditions.
64	64	Sec. 323. Inclusion of poultry in Humane Methods of Slaughter Act.
65	65	Subtitle C—Inspections
66	66	Sec. 331. Definitions.
67	67	Sec. 332. Ending dangerous higher-speed slaughter and self-inspection systems.
68	68	Sec. 333. Funding for additional OSHA inspectors.
69	69	Sec. 334. Funding for additional FSIS inspectors.
70	70	SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.
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72	72	In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-2
73	73	retary of Agriculture. 3
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77	77	SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 1
78	78	Congress finds that— 2
79	79	(1) factory farms owned or controlled by indus-3
80	80	trial operators— 4
81	81	(A) lack systemic resilience; 5
82	82	(B) present significant risks, particularly 6
83	83	in the event of a disaster; and 7
84	84	(C) negatively impact— 8
85	85	(i) farmed animals, who suffer tre-9
86	86	mendously from cruel depopulation meth-10
87	87	ods and without meaningful disaster miti-11
88	88	gation efforts; 12
89	89	(ii) meat and poultry processing work-13
90	90	ers, who are subjected to exploitative con-14
91	91	ditions and abusive behavior by employers 15
92	92	in depopulation situations— 16
93	93	(I) including— 17
94	94	(aa) being required to spend 18
95	95	long hours, over days or weeks, 19
96	96	mass-killing farmed animals; and 20
97	97	(bb) being terminated fol-21
98	98	lowing the completion of a de-22
99	99	population event, without finan-23
100	100	cial support; and 24
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104	104	(II) that lead to long-term psy-1
105	105	chological impacts, including increased 2
106	106	feelings of anger and stress; and 3
107	107	(iii) neighboring communities and the 4
108	108	environment, including through— 5
109	109	(I) flood waters overrunning ma-6
110	110	nure lagoons resulting in ecological 7
111	111	degradation in the form of soil, sur-8
112	112	face, and groundwater contamination; 9
113	113	(II) algae blooms; and 10
114	114	(III) wildlife population crashes; 11
115	115	(2)(A) since 2019, more than 60,000,000 poul-12
116	116	try and 10,000,000 swine have been depopulated; 13
117	117	and 14
118	118	(B) those massive cullings are often conducted 15
119	119	using incredibly inhumane practices including ven-16
120	120	tilation shutdown, ventilation shutdown plus, sodium 17
121	121	nitrite poisoning, and water-based foaming (as those 18
122	122	terms are defined in section 114(a)); 19
123	123	(3) since 2019, industrial operators put slaugh-20
124	124	terhouse workers in jeopardy and cost taxpayers mil-21
125	125	lions of dollars; 22
126	126	(4) industrial operators continue to experience 23
127	127	record profits, including a 300-percent growth in 24
128	128	profits during the COVID–19 pandemic; 25
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132	132	(5) industrial operators have created a system 1
133	133	that allows for the inhumane handling of non-2
134	134	ambulatory livestock (as defined in section 3(a) of 3
135	135	Public Law 85–765 (commonly known as the ‘‘Hu-4
136	136	mane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958’’)) that 5
137	137	causes needless suffering, unsafe working conditions, 6
138	138	and the spread of foodborne and zoonotic diseases; 7
139	139	(6) industrial operators have abused the use of 8
140	140	certain drugs that increase the risk of livestock be-9
141	141	coming nonambulatory livestock (as so defined); 10
142	142	(7) slaughterhouse deregulation and decreased 11
143	143	Federal oversight of meat and poultry slaughter pose 12
144	144	significant risks to workers, consumers, and animals; 13
145	145	(8) Federal humane slaughter laws currently 14
146	146	exempt 98 percent of animals slaughtered for food; 15
147	147	(9) current Federal animal transport laws are 16
148	148	ineffective and inherently cruel; and 17
149	149	(10) Federal support is needed to create a level 18
150	150	playing field for farmers engaged in higher-welfare 19
151	151	practices who are struggling to compete in a highly 20
152	152	monopolized market controlled by industrial opera-21
153	153	tors. 22
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157	157	TITLE I—HIGH-RISK AFO DIS-1
158	158	ASTER MITIGATION AND EN-2
159	159	FORCEMENT 3
160	160	SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 4
161	161	In this title: 5
162	162	(1) A
163	163	NIMAL FEEDING OPERATION ; AFO.— 6
164	164	(A) I
165	165	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘animal feed-7
166	166	ing operation’’ or ‘‘AFO’’ means a single lot or 8
167	167	facility at which— 9
168	168	(i) for not less than a total of 45 days 10
169	169	in any 12-month period, animals (other 11
170	170	than aquatic animals) are— 12
171	171	(I) stabled or confined; and 13
172	172	(II) fed or maintained; and 14
173	173	(ii) crops, vegetation, forage growth, 15
174	174	or postharvest residues are not sustained 16
175	175	in the normal growing season over any por-17
176	176	tion of the lot or facility. 18
177	177	(B) M
178	178	ULTIPLE LOTS.—For purposes of 19
179	179	subparagraph (A), 2 or more lots or facilities 20
180	180	described in that subparagraph shall be consid-21
181	181	ered to be a single animal feeding operation if 22
182	182	the lots or facilities— 23
183	183	(i) are located within 3 miles of each 24
184	184	other; and 25
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188	188	(ii) are under common ownership or 1
189	189	control. 2
190	190	(C) E
191	191	XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘animal feed-3
192	192	ing operation’’ or ‘‘AFO’’ does not include a 4
193	193	pasture-based livestock or poultry production 5
194	194	system in which animals— 6
195	195	(i) are primarily raised on pasture, 7
196	196	grassland, or other vegetative environ-8
197	197	ments; 9
198	198	(ii) have the ability to exercise spe-10
199	199	cies-specific natural behaviors; and 11
200	200	(iii) have access to appropriate shel-12
201	201	ter, healthy vegetation, potable water, and 13
202	202	adequate protection from predators. 14
203	203	(2) C
204	204	OVERED INDUSTRIAL OPERATOR .—The 15
205	205	term ‘‘covered industrial operator’’ means an indi-16
206	206	vidual or entity that owns or controls not less than 17
207	207	the following number of livestock or poultry, as ap-18
208	208	plicable, that are housed in an AFO at a single point 19
209	209	in time: 20
210	210	(A) 2,500 swine. 21
211	211	(B) 30,000 turkeys or ducks. 22
212	212	(C) 82,000 laying hens or broilers. 23
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216	216	(3) DEPOPULATION.—The term ‘‘depopulation’’ 1
217	217	means the rapid destruction of a population of ani-2
218	218	mals in response to urgent circumstances. 3
219	219	(4) D
220	220	ISASTER EVENT.—The term ‘‘disaster 4
221	221	event’’ means— 5
222	222	(A) a public health emergency declared by 6
223	223	the Secretary of Health and Human Services 7
224	224	under section 319 of the Public Health Service 8
225	225	Act (42 U.S.C. 247d); 9
226	226	(B) a major disaster declared by the Presi-10
227	227	dent under section 401 of the Robert T. Staf-11
228	228	ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 12
229	229	Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); 13
230	230	(C) a disaster designated by the Secretary 14
231	231	pursuant to part 759 of title 7, Code of Federal 15
232	232	Regulations (or successor regulations); and 16
233	233	(D) a quarantine designated by the Sec-17
234	234	retary pursuant to the Plant Protection Act (7 18
235	235	U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) or animal quarantine laws. 19
236	236	(5) H
237	237	IGH-RISK AFO.—The term ‘‘high-risk 20
238	238	AFO’’ means an AFO that houses livestock or poul-21
239	239	try owned or controlled by a covered industrial oper-22
240	240	ator. 23
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244	244	(6) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-1
245	245	fice of High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigation and En-2
246	246	forcement established under section 111. 3
247	247	Subtitle A—Department of 4
248	248	Agriculture 5
249	249	SEC. 111. OFFICE OF HIGH-RISK AFO DISASTER MITIGA-6
250	250	TION AND ENFORCEMENT. 7
251	251	The Secretary shall establish an office within the De-8
252	252	partment of Agriculture, to be known as the ‘‘Office of 9
253	253	High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigation and Enforcement’’, 10
254	254	which shall carry out or enforce, as applicable, sections 11
255	255	112 through 115. 12
256	256	SEC. 112. REGISTRATION OF HIGH-RISK AFOS. 13
257	257	(a) R
258	258	EGISTRATIONREQUIREMENT.— 14
259	259	(1) I
260	260	N GENERAL.—A covered industrial oper-15
261	261	ator shall be required to register with the Office 16
262	262	prior to selling, buying, or transferring livestock, 17
263	263	poultry, or any product derived from livestock or 18
264	264	poultry across State lines. 19
265	265	(2) I
266	266	NFORMATION.—In registering with the Of-20
267	267	fice under paragraph (1), a covered industrial oper-21
268	268	ator shall submit to the Office— 22
269	269	(A) identifying information about the cov-23
270	270	ered industrial operator, including the location, 24
271	271	animal type, and peak inventory animal totals 25
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275	275	for all high-risk AFOs owned or controlled by 1
276	276	the covered industrial operator; and 2
277	277	(B) a standard disaster mitigation plan 3
278	278	that includes— 4
279	279	(i) a description of the type, location, 5
280	280	and extent of all potential disaster events 6
281	281	that can affect livestock or poultry housed 7
282	282	in a high-risk AFO, including information 8
283	283	on previous occurrences of disaster events 9
284	284	and the probability of future disaster 10
285	285	events; 11
286	286	(ii) a plan to ensure that animals do 12
287	287	not go without necessary resources such as 13
288	288	shelter, food, and water during an extreme 14
289	289	weather event; 15
290	290	(iii) a plan to increase flexibility and 16
291	291	resiliency, including— 17
292	292	(I) identifying ways to house ani-18
293	293	mals past their intended slaughter 19
294	294	date; and 20
295	295	(II) alternative slaughter and 21
296	296	processing arrangements, including 22
297	297	contracting with small-scale Depart-23
298	298	ment of Agriculture, State-certified, 24
299	299	or mobile operations with existing ca-25
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303	303	pacity, in the event of supply chain 1
304	304	disruptions; 2
305	305	(iv) a plan for accessing necessary re-3
306	306	sources, personal protective equipment, 4
307	307	and labor to carry out depopulation in 5
308	308	ways that most rapidly render animals un-6
309	309	conscious in the event that depopulation is 7
310	310	unavoidable; 8
311	311	(v) a plan for disposal of any deceased 9
312	312	animals that— 10
313	313	(I) satisfies requirements under 11
314	314	all relevant Federal, State, and local 12
315	315	environmental and public health laws; 13
316	316	and 14
317	317	(II) does not rely on unlined bur-15
318	318	ial or onsite incineration; and 16
319	319	(vi) other information, as determined 17
320	320	appropriate by the Secretary. 18
321	321	(3) A
322	322	NNUAL SUBMISSION.—A covered industrial 19
323	323	operator that is registered with the Office pursuant 20
324	324	to this subsection shall submit to the Office the in-21
325	325	formation described in paragraph (2) on an annual 22
326	326	basis. 23
327	327	(4) R
328	328	ESTRICTED FUNDS FOR PLAN .—A covered 24
329	329	industrial operator shall not, in developing a stand-25
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333	333	ard disaster mitigation plan described in paragraph 1
334	334	(2)(B), use any Federal funds, including funds pro-2
335	335	vided under the environmental quality incentive pro-3
336	336	gram under subchapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D 4
337	337	of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 5
338	338	U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.). 6
339	339	(b) D
340	340	ISASTERMITIGATIONMAINTENANCEFEE.— 7
341	341	(1) I
342	342	N GENERAL.—A covered industrial oper-8
343	343	ator registered under subsection (a) shall pay to the 9
344	344	Office an annual fee by January 15 of each year for 10
345	345	each high-risk AFO owned or controlled by the cov-11
346	346	ered industrial operator. 12
347	347	(2) T
348	348	OTAL AMOUNT OF FEES .—The amount of 13
349	349	the fee required under paragraph (1)— 14
350	350	(A) shall be determined by the Secretary in 15
351	351	a manner that will ensure that the total amount 16
352	352	of fees collected for each fiscal year shall suffi-17
353	353	ciently fund the activities of the Office for that 18
354	354	fiscal year; but 19
355	355	(B) shall not be less than $1 per animal 20
356	356	unit (as defined by the Administrator of the 21
357	357	Environmental Protection Agency) for each fis-22
358	358	cal year. 23
359	359	(3) R
360	360	ESTRICTION.—A covered industrial oper-24
361	361	ator may not reduce wages or grower payments in 25
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365	365	order to derive the amount of the fee required under 1
366	366	paragraph (1). 2
367	367	(c) H
368	368	IGH-RISKAFO DISASTERMITIGATION ANDEN-3
369	369	FORCEMENTFUND.— 4
370	370	(1) E
371	371	STABLISHMENT.—There is established in 5
372	372	the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be 6
373	373	known as the ‘‘High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigation 7
374	374	and Enforcement Fund’’ (referred to in this sub-8
375	375	section as the ‘‘Fund’’). 9
376	376	(2) S
377	377	OURCE; USE.—All moneys derived from 10
378	378	fees collected by the Office under subsection (b) 11
379	379	shall be deposited in the Fund and made available 12
380	380	to the Secretary, without fiscal year limitation, to 13
381	381	offset costs relating to— 14
382	382	(A) the administrative costs associated 15
383	383	with operating the Office and technical assist-16
384	384	ance offered by staff of the Office; 17
385	385	(B) creating the national stockpile pursu-18
386	386	ant to section 114(c)(2); 19
387	387	(C) enforcement actions against covered 20
388	388	industrial operators that do not comply with 21
389	389	this subtitle; and 22
390	390	(D) any other activities determined by the 23
391	391	Secretary. 24
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395	395	SEC. 113. COVERED INDUSTRIAL OPERATOR RESPONSIBIL-1
396	396	ITIES AND LIABILITIES. 2
397	397	A covered industrial operator shall be responsible and 3
398	398	liable for, with respect to each high-risk AFO owned or 4
399	399	controlled by the covered industrial operator, all costs as-5
400	400	sociated with activities related to disaster events or de-6
401	401	population of livestock or poultry, including— 7
402	402	(1) procuring resources for depopulation of live-8
403	403	stock or poultry, including from the national stock-9
404	404	pile described in section 114(c)(2); 10
405	405	(2) disposal of deceased animals that— 11
406	406	(A) satisfies requirements under all rel-12
407	407	evant Federal, State, and local environmental 13
408	408	and public health laws; and 14
409	409	(B) does not rely on unlined burial or on-15
410	410	site incineration; 16
411	411	(3) compensation for contract growers and 17
412	412	workers, as provided in subtitle B; 18
413	413	(4) compensation for any adverse health im-19
414	414	pacts, property value diminution, and loss of use and 20
415	415	enjoyment of property suffered by neighboring resi-21
416	416	dents of the high-risk AFO; and 22
417	417	(5) other costs determined by the Secretary. 23
418	418	SEC. 114. RESTRICTION ON CERTAIN METHODS OF DE-24
419	419	POPULATION. 25
420	420	(a) D
421	421	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 26
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425	425	(1) RESTRICTED PRACTICE .—The term ‘‘re-1
426	426	stricted practice’’ means— 2
427	427	(A) sodium nitrite poisoning; 3
428	428	(B) ventilation shutdown; 4
429	429	(C) ventilation shutdown plus; 5
430	430	(D) water-based foaming; and 6
431	431	(E) any other method identified by the 7
432	432	Secretary. 8
433	433	(2) S
434	434	ODIUM NITRITE POISONING .—The term 9
435	435	‘‘sodium nitrite poisoning’’ means a method of ani-10
436	436	mal depopulation that involves feeding the toxic sub-11
437	437	stance sodium nitrite to animals, causing changes to 12
438	438	the blood that prevent delivery of oxygen to tissues 13
439	439	and result in prolonged respiratory distress prior to 14
440	440	loss of consciousness. 15
441	441	(3) V
442	442	ENTILATION SHUTDOWN .—The term ‘‘ven-16
443	443	tilation shutdown’’ means a method of animal de-17
444	444	population that involves sealing a building in which 18
445	445	animals are confined, shutting inlets, and turning off 19
446	446	fans in order to raise the temperature in the build-20
447	447	ing until the animals die from hyperthermia or hy-21
448	448	poxia, including ventilation shutdown plus. 22
449	449	(4) V
450	450	ENTILATION SHUTDOWN PLUS .—The term 23
451	451	‘‘ventilation shutdown plus’’ means a ventilation 24
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455	455	shutdown method that involves the use of additional 1
456	456	heat or humidity. 2
457	457	(5) W
458	458	ATER-BASED FOAMING .—The term 3
459	459	‘‘water-based foaming’’ means a method of animal 4
460	460	depopulation that involves pumping foam con-5
461	461	centrate combined with water into a building in 6
462	462	which animals are confined until the animals die 7
463	463	from hypoxia. 8
464	464	(b) R
465	465	ESTRICTIONS; CIVILPENALTY.—Notwith-9
466	466	standing any other provision of law, beginning 1 year after 10
467	467	the date of enactment of this Act, a covered industrial op-11
468	468	erator that uses 1 or more restricted practices for any 12
469	469	event of depopulation of livestock or poultry on a high- 13
470	470	risk AFO owned or controlled by the covered industrial 14
471	471	operator, as determined by the Office— 15
472	472	(1) shall not be eligible for any Federal contract 16
473	473	for a period of 10 years beginning on that date; 17
474	474	(2) shall not be eligible for inspection of any fa-18
475	475	cility owned or controlled by the covered industrial 19
476	476	operator pursuant to the Federal Meat Inspection 20
477	477	Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or the Poultry Products 21
478	478	Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), as applica-22
479	479	ble, for a period of 10 years beginning on that date; 23
480	480	and 24
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484	484	(3) shall be assessed a civil penalty of up to 1
485	485	$1,000 per animal per act of depopulation, with con-2
486	486	sideration given to the appropriateness of the pen-3
487	487	alty with respect to the gravity of the violation and 4
488	488	the good faith of the covered industrial operator. 5
489	489	(c) S
490	490	TANDARDS AND RESOURCES.—Not later than 1 6
491	491	year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 7
492	492	shall issue a final rule— 8
493	493	(1) to establish depopulation standards that 9
494	494	rapidly induce unconsciousness and death with mini-10
495	495	mal pain and distress; and 11
496	496	(2) to coordinate a national stockpile of re-12
497	497	sources— 13
498	498	(A) to carry out depopulation activities 14
499	499	during a disaster event in a way that rapidly in-15
500	500	duces unconsciousness and death of the animals 16
501	501	with minimal pain and distress; and 17
502	502	(B) using funds from the High-Risk AFO 18
503	503	Disaster Mitigation and Enforcement Fund es-19
504	504	tablished by section 112(c)(1). 20
505	505	SEC. 115. REPORTS. 21
506	506	(a) R
507	507	EPORTS TOSECRETARY.—Not later than 3 22
508	508	business days after completing any depopulation of any 23
509	509	animals, a covered industrial operator performing or re-24
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513	513	quiring such depopulation shall submit to the Secretary 1
514	514	a report on that depopulation instance that specifies— 2
515	515	(1) the 1 or more dates on which, and location 3
516	516	at which, the depopulation and disposal of the ani-4
517	517	mals occurred; 5
518	518	(2) the total number, species, breed, and in-6
519	519	tended product of the depopulated animals; 7
520	520	(3) the depopulation and disposal methods uti-8
521	521	lized; 9
522	522	(4) any monitoring, testing, or sampling pro-10
523	523	tocol put in place to monitor releases of environ-11
524	524	mental contaminants from the disposal location; 12
525	525	(5) a summary of any assets utilized or received 13
526	526	from the national stockpile established pursuant to 14
527	527	section 114(c)(2), as applicable; 15
528	528	(6) documentation of compliance or noncompli-16
529	529	ance with the standard disaster mitigation plan de-17
530	530	scribed in section 112(a)(2)(B) of the covered indus-18
531	531	trial operator; and 19
532	532	(7) the cost associated with the depopulation 20
533	533	and disposal, including labor. 21
534	534	(b) P
535	535	UBLICLYSEARCHABLEDATABASE.—The Sec-22
536	536	retary, acting through the Office, shall develop and make 23
537	537	publicly available an electronically searchable and sortable 24
538	538	online database that contains information— 25
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542	542	(1) reported under subsection (a); and 1
543	543	(2) submitted by covered industrial operators 2
544	544	registering under section 112. 3
545	545	SEC. 116. CIVIL ACTIONS. 4
546	546	(a) I
547	547	NGENERAL.—Any person may— 5
548	548	(1) bring a civil action against a covered indus-6
549	549	trial operator or the Secretary in an appropriate 7
550	550	court to redress any violation of this subtitle or any 8
551	551	other law relating to the activities described in this 9
552	552	subtitle; and 10
553	553	(2) obtain appropriate relief in that civil action, 11
554	554	including equitable relief and compensatory dam-12
555	555	ages. 13
556	556	(b) A
557	557	TTORNEY’SFEES FORPLAINTIFF.—The court 14
558	558	shall award a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs 15
559	559	to a prevailing plaintiff in a civil action described in sub-16
560	560	section (a). 17
561	561	Subtitle B—Department of Labor 18
562	562	SEC. 121. DEFINITIONS. 19
563	563	In this subtitle: 20
564	564	(1) A
565	565	FFECTED CONTRACT GROWER .—The term 21
566	566	‘‘affected contract grower’’ means an owner of an 22
567	567	AFO— 23
568	568	(A) that raises livestock or poultry pursu-24
569	569	ant to a written contract, marketing arrange-25
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573	573	ment, or other arrangement, with a covered in-1
574	574	dustrial operator; and 2
575	575	(B) whose AFO is impacted by a disaster 3
576	576	mitigation event. 4
577	577	(2) A
578	578	FFECTED CONTRACTOR .—The term ‘‘af-5
579	579	fected contractor’’ means an individual or entity that 6
580	580	supplies, either with or without a contract, a covered 7
581	581	industrial operator with a worker to perform labor 8
582	582	directly or indirectly related to a disaster mitigation 9
583	583	event. 10
584	584	(3) C
585	585	OVERED WORKER.— 11
586	586	(A) I
587	587	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 12
588	588	worker’’— 13
589	589	(i) means an employee who performs 14
590	590	labor in connection with a disaster mitiga-15
591	591	tion event for a covered industrial oper-16
592	592	ator; and 17
593	593	(ii) includes any employee of an af-18
594	594	fected contract grower, or of another af-19
595	595	fected contractor, of a covered industrial 20
596	596	operator. 21
597	597	(B) A
598	598	DDITIONAL TERMS .—In this para-22
599	599	graph, the term ‘‘employee’’ means an indi-23
600	600	vidual performing any labor for a covered in-24
601	601	dustrial operator, including through an affected 25
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605	605	contract grower or other affected contractor, 1
606	606	unless— 2
607	607	(i) the individual is free from control 3
608	608	and direction in connection with the per-4
609	609	formance of the labor, both under the con-5
610	610	tract for the performance of labor and in 6
611	611	fact; 7
612	612	(ii) the labor is performed outside the 8
613	613	usual course of the business of the covered 9
614	614	industrial operator; and 10
615	615	(iii) the individual is customarily en-11
616	616	gaged in an independently established 12
617	617	trade, occupation, profession, or business 13
618	618	of the same nature as that involved in the 14
619	619	labor performed. 15
620	620	(4) D
621	621	ISASTER MITIGATION EVENT .—The term 16
622	622	‘‘disaster mitigation event’’ means a disaster event 17
623	623	affecting a covered industrial operator that triggers 18
624	624	activities described in the disaster mitigation plan 19
625	625	submitted by the covered industrial operator under 20
626	626	section 112(a)(2)(B). 21
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630	630	SEC. 122. MINIMUM LABOR STANDARDS FOR COVERED 1
631	631	WORKERS AND AFFECTED CONTRACT GROW-2
632	632	ERS. 3
633	633	(a) A
634	634	PPLICABILITY.—A covered industrial operator 4
635	635	that employs or contracts with covered workers, affected 5
636	636	contract growers, or other affected contractors related to 6
637	637	a disaster mitigation event shall comply with the labor 7
638	638	standards described in subsection (b). 8
639	639	(b) L
640	640	ABORSTANDARDS.—The labor standards de-9
641	641	scribed in this subsection are the following: 10
642	642	(1) W
643	643	HISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS .—A cov-11
644	644	ered industrial operator shall not discharge, cause to 12
645	645	be discharged, or in any other manner discriminate 13
646	646	against any covered worker or affected contract 14
647	647	grower because such covered worker or affected con-15
648	648	tract grower— 16
649	649	(A) has filed any complaint or instituted or 17
650	650	caused to be instituted any proceeding under or 18
651	651	related to this section; or 19
652	652	(B) has testified or is about to testify in 20
653	653	any such proceeding. 21
654	654	(2) H
655	655	EALTH INSURANCE REQUIREMENT .—Dur-22
656	656	ing a disaster mitigation event and for a period of 23
657	657	not less than 2 years following the disaster mitiga-24
658	658	tion event, the covered industrial operator shall offer 25
659	659	each covered worker and affected contract grower of 26
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663	663	the covered industrial operator a health plan that 1
664	664	provides coverage that is at least equivalent to cov-2
665	665	erage provided by an essential health benefits pack-3
666	666	age (as defined in subsection (a) of section 1302 of 4
667	667	the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 5
668	668	U.S.C. 18022)) at the silver level of coverage (as de-6
669	669	fined in subsection (d)(1)(B) of such section), re-7
670	670	gardless of their employment status or contract with 8
671	671	the covered industrial operator. Such covered indus-9
672	672	trial operator shall pay the full premium amount for 10
673	673	such health plan for each such covered worker or af-11
674	674	fected contract grower who elects to enroll in such 12
675	675	plan. 13
676	676	(3) S
677	677	EVERANCE PAY FOR COVERED WORK -14
678	678	ERS.—In the case of a disaster mitigation event, the 15
679	679	covered industrial operator shall provide any covered 16
680	680	worker terminated by the covered industrial oper-17
681	681	ator, or by an affected contract grower or other af-18
682	682	fected contractor of the covered industrial operator 19
683	683	impacted by the disaster mitigation event, during 20
684	684	the 60-day period following the disaster mitigation 21
685	685	event with 12 weeks of severance pay, at a weekly 22
686	686	rate equal to the average weekly earnings of the cov-23
687	687	ered worker during the disaster mitigation event. 24
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691	691	(4) LOST REVENUE FOR AFFECTED CONTRACT 1
692	692	GROWERS.—In any case in which a covered indus-2
693	693	trial operator terminates the contract of an affected 3
694	694	contract grower following a disaster mitigation 4
695	695	event, the covered industrial operator shall provide 5
696	696	an amount of lost revenue to the affected contract 6
697	697	grower equal to the affected contract grower’s rev-7
698	698	enue from the covered operator during the preceding 8
699	699	180 days. 9
700	700	(c) E
701	701	NFORCEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF 10
702	702	L
703	703	ABOR.— 11
704	704	(1) G
705	705	ENERAL AUTHORITY .—The Secretary of 12
706	706	Labor shall receive, investigate, and attempt to re-13
707	707	solve complaints of violations of this section in the 14
708	708	same manner that the Secretary of Labor receives, 15
709	709	investigates, and attempts to resolve complaints of 16
710	710	violations of sections 6, 7, and 15(a)(3) of the Fair 17
711	711	Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206, 207, 18
712	712	and 215(a)(3)), including such Secretary’s authority 19
713	713	to supervise payment of wages and compensation 20
714	714	under section 16(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 216(c)). 21
715	715	(2) C
716	716	IVIL PENALTIES.—The Secretary of Labor 22
717	717	may assess a civil penalty against a covered indus-23
718	718	trial operator that violates any provision of this sec-24
719	719	tion. 25
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723	723	(3) MONITORING COMPLIANCE .—Not later than 1
724	724	90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 2
725	725	Secretary of Labor shall— 3
726	726	(A) develop a process to monitor compli-4
727	727	ance with the standards under this section that 5
728	728	requires covered industrial operators to provide 6
729	729	information to demonstrate such compliance; 7
730	730	and 8
731	731	(B) issue rules to determine penalties for 9
732	732	noncompliance with this section. 10
733	733	(4) N
734	734	OTIFICATION OF OFFICE.—The Secretary 11
735	735	of Labor shall notify the Office of any covered in-12
736	736	dustrial operator that is determined to be non-13
737	737	compliant with the requirements of this section. 14
738	738	(d) R
739	739	IGHT OFACTION FORVIOLATIONS.— 15
740	740	(1) P
741	741	RIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR VIOLA -16
742	742	TIONS.—An action to recover damages or obtain re-17
743	743	lief prescribed in paragraph (2) may be maintained 18
744	744	against any covered industrial operator in any Fed-19
745	745	eral or State court of competent jurisdiction by 1 or 20
746	746	more covered workers or affected contract growers 21
747	747	for and on behalf of themselves and other similarly 22
748	748	situated covered workers or affected contract grow-23
749	749	ers. 24
750	750	(2) L
751	751	IABILITY.— 25
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755	755	(A) IN GENERAL.—A covered industrial 1
756	756	operator who violates this section shall be liable 2
757	757	to each covered worker or affected contract 3
758	758	grower that is aggrieved by the violation for— 4
759	759	(i) damages in the amount of unpaid 5
760	760	wages, salary, overtime compensation, or 6
761	761	other compensation denied or lost by rea-7
762	762	son of the violation; and 8
763	763	(ii) an additional equal amount as liq-9
764	764	uidated damages. 10
765	765	(B) A
766	766	TTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS.—In a 11
767	767	civil action brought under paragraph (1) in 12
768	768	which the plaintiff prevails, the court shall 13
769	769	award the plaintiff reasonable attorney’s fees 14
770	770	and costs of the action. 15
771	771	(3) E
772	772	NFORCEMENT BY THE SECRETARY OF 16
773	773	LABOR.—The Secretary of Labor may bring an ac-17
774	774	tion in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover 18
775	775	damages or obtain relief described in paragraph (2) 19
776	776	on behalf of a covered worker or affected contract 20
777	777	grower aggrieved by a violation of this section. 21
778	778	SEC. 123. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF INCARCERATED 22
779	779	WORKERS. 23
780	780	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a covered 24
781	781	industrial operator that the Secretary of Labor determines 25
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785	785	entered into a contract, on or after the date of enactment 1
786	786	of this Act, with any entity to utilize incarcerated workers 2
787	787	to perform labor related to a disaster mitigation event 3
788	788	shall not be eligible for— 4
789	789	(1) any Federal contracts for a period of 10 5
790	790	years beginning on the date of the determination; 6
791	791	and 7
792	792	(2) inspection of any facility owned or con-8
793	793	trolled by the covered industrial operator pursuant 9
794	794	to the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 10
795	795	et seq.) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 11
796	796	U.S.C. 451 et seq.), as applicable, for a period of 10 12
797	797	years beginning on that date. 13
798	798	TITLE II—GRANT AND PILOT 14
799	799	PROGRAMS 15
800	800	SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 16
801	801	In this title: 17
802	802	(1) C
803	803	ONTROLLED-ATMOSPHERE STUNNING .— 18
804	804	The term ‘‘controlled-atmosphere stunning’’ means 19
805	805	rendering poultry unconscious through exposure to a 20
806	806	mixture of gas (nitrogen and argon or concentra-21
807	807	tions of carbon dioxide) before slaughter. 22
808	808	(2) E
809	809	LIGIBLE PROCESSING FACILITY .—The 23
810	810	term ‘‘eligible processing facility’’ means an eligible 24
811	811	facility described in section 764 of division N of the 25
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815	815	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (21 U.S.C. 1
816	816	473), that has a labor peace agreement in place. 2
817	817	(3) L
818	818	ABOR PEACE AGREEMENT .—The term 3
819	819	‘‘labor peace agreement’’ means an agreement— 4
820	820	(A) between an employer and a labor orga-5
821	821	nization that represents, or is actively seeking 6
822	822	to represent as of the date on which the labor 7
823	823	peace agreement is entered, the employees of 8
824	824	the employer; and 9
825	825	(B) under which such employer and such 10
826	826	labor organization agree that— 11
827	827	(i) the employer will not— 12
828	828	(I) hinder any effort of an em-13
829	829	ployee to join a labor organization; or 14
830	830	(II) take any action that directly 15
831	831	or indirectly indicates or implies any 16
832	832	opposition to an employee joining a 17
833	833	labor organization; 18
834	834	(ii) the labor organization will refrain 19
835	835	from picketing, work stoppages, or boy-20
836	836	cotts against the employer; 21
837	837	(iii) the employer will— 22
838	838	(I) provide the labor organization 23
839	839	with employee contact information; 24
840	840	and 25
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844	844	(II) facilitate or permit labor or-1
845	845	ganization access to employees at the 2
846	846	workplace, including facilitating or 3
847	847	permitting the labor organization to 4
848	848	meet with employees to discuss joining 5
849	849	the labor organization; and 6
850	850	(iv) the employer will, upon the re-7
851	851	quest of the labor organization, recognize 8
852	852	the labor organization as the bargaining 9
853	853	representative of the employees if a major-10
854	854	ity of the employees choose the labor orga-11
855	855	nization as their bargaining representative. 12
856	856	(4) L
857	857	IVE-SHACKLE SLAUGHTER .—The term 13
858	858	‘‘live-shackle slaughter’’ means the method of stun-14
859	859	ning poultry before slaughter by shackling the poul-15
860	860	try upside down by their legs and moving the poul-16
861	861	try through electrified baths meant to render the 17
862	862	poultry unconscious. 18
863	863	SEC. 202. CONTROLLED-ATMOSPHERE STUNNING TRANSI-19
864	864	TION PROGRAM. 20
865	865	(a) I
866	866	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 21
867	867	date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish 22
868	868	a transition program to award grants to eligible processing 23
869	869	facilities that process poultry to transition from live-shack-24
870	870	le slaughter to controlled-atmosphere stunning. 25
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874	874	(b) ELIGIBILITY.—As a condition of receipt of a 1
875	875	grant under subsection (a), an eligible processing facility 2
876	876	shall not, for a period of 10 years following the date of 3
877	877	receipt of the grant, sell a slaughter or processing facility 4
878	878	to, or merge the slaughter or processing facility with, a 5
879	879	packer that owns more than 10 percent of the market 6
880	880	share of meat and poultry markets. 7
881	881	(c) F
882	882	UNDING.—There is appropriated, out of any 8
883	883	funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 9
884	884	$750,000,000 to the Secretary to carry out this section. 10
885	885	SEC. 203. PILOT PROGRAM FOR INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY 11
886	886	TO INSPECTION AND TECHNICAL ASSIST-12
887	887	ANCE FOR ELIGIBLE PROCESSING FACILI-13
888	888	TIES. 14
889	889	(a) I
890	890	NGENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 15
891	891	5-year pilot program within the Meat and Poultry Inspec-16
892	892	tion Division of the Food Safety and Inspection Service— 17
893	893	(1) to expand the availability of processing in-18
894	894	spectors, technical assistance, and onsite inspection 19
895	895	for eligible processing facilities, including no-cost 20
896	896	overtime inspections; and 21
897	897	(2) to identify and train part-time inspectors 22
898	898	and technical assistance providers. 23
899	899	(b) P
900	900	ROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.—The Secretary 24
901	901	shall determine the appropriate professional experience of 25
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905	905	inspectors and providers described in subsection (a)(2), 1
906	906	which shall include individuals with expertise in veterinary 2
907	907	medicine, public health, food service management, and 3
908	908	animal science, as applicable. 4
909	909	(c) F
910	910	UNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-5
911	911	priated to the Secretary not less than $50,000,000 to 6
912	912	carry out this section. 7
913	913	TITLE III—HUMANE HANDLING 8
914	914	REFORMS 9
915	915	Subtitle A—Transport 10
916	916	SEC. 311. TRANSPORTATION OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY. 11
917	917	(a) T
918	918	RANSPORTATION LASTINGMORETHAN8 12
919	919	H
920	920	OURS.— 13
921	921	(1) I
922	922	N GENERAL.—Section 80502 of title 49, 14
923	923	United States Code, is amended— 15
924	924	(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘a rail 16
925	925	carrier’’ and all that follows through ‘‘territory 17
926	926	or possession,’’ and inserting ‘‘a covered pro-18
927	927	vider of transportation’’; 19
928	928	(B) in subsection (b)— 20
929	929	(i) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sub-21
930	930	section (a) of this section’’ and inserting 22
931	931	‘‘subsection (b)’’; 23
932	932	(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 24
933	933	through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through 25
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937	937	(C), respectively, and indenting appro-1
938	938	priately; 2
939	939	(iii) in the matter preceding subpara-3
940	940	graph (A) (as so redesignated), in the 4
941	941	third sentence— 5
942	942	(I) by striking ‘‘the rail carrier’’ 6
943	943	and all that follows through ‘‘a ves-7
944	944	sel’’ and inserting ‘‘the covered pro-8
945	945	vider of transportation’’; and 9
946	946	(II) by striking ‘‘When the ani-10
947	947	mals’’ and inserting the following: 11
948	948	‘‘(3) R
949	949	ESPONSIBILITY OF COVERED PROVIDER 12
950	950	OF TRANSPORTATION.—When the animals’’; 13
951	951	(iv) in the matter preceding para-14
952	952	graph (3) (as so designated), in the second 15
953	953	sentence, by striking ‘‘The owner’’ and in-16
954	954	serting the following: 17
955	955	‘‘(2) R
956	956	ESPONSIBILITY OF OWNER OR PERSON 18
957	957	HAVING CUSTODY.—The owner’’; and 19
958	958	(v) in the matter preceding paragraph 20
959	959	(2) (as so designated), by striking ‘‘Ani-21
960	960	mals being’’ and inserting the following: 22
961	961	‘‘(1) I
962	962	N GENERAL.—Animals being’’; 23
963	963	(C) in subsection (d)— 24
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967	967	(i) in the second sentence, by striking 1
968	968	‘‘On learning’’ and inserting the following: 2
969	969	‘‘(2) C
970	970	IVIL ACTION.—On learning’’; and 3
971	971	(ii) in the first sentence, by striking 4
972	972	‘‘A rail carrier’’ and all that follows 5
973	973	through ‘‘a vessel’’ and inserting the fol-6
974	974	lowing: 7
975	975	‘‘(1) I
976	976	N GENERAL.—A covered provider of 8
977	977	transportation’’; 9
978	978	(D) by redesignating subsections (a) 10
979	979	through (d) as subsections (b), (c), (g), and (f), 11
980	980	respectively, and moving the subsections so as 12
981	981	to appear in alphabetical order; 13
982	982	(E) by inserting before subsection (b) (as 14
983	983	so redesignated) the following: 15
984	984	‘‘(a) D
985	985	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16
986	986	‘‘(1) C
987	987	OVERED INDUSTRIAL OPERATOR .— 17
988	988	‘‘(A) I
989	989	N GENERAL.—The term ‘covered in-18
990	990	dustrial operator’ means an individual or entity 19
991	991	that owns or controls a quantity of livestock or 20
992	992	poultry that is not less than the quantity de-21
993	993	scribed in subparagraph (B) for the applicable 22
994	994	livestock or poultry. 23
995	995	‘‘(B) Q
996	996	UANTITY OF LIVESTOCK OR POUL -24
997	997	TRY IN AFOS.—The quantity of livestock or 25
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1001	1001	poultry referred to in subparagraph (A) is 1 or 1
1002	1002	more of the following quantities of livestock or 2
1003	1003	poultry housed in 1 or more Animal Feeding 3
1004	1004	Operations at a single point in time: 4
1005	1005	‘‘(i) 2,500 swine. 5
1006	1006	‘‘(ii) 30,000 turkeys or ducks. 6
1007	1007	‘‘(iii) 82,000 laying hens or broilers. 7
1008	1008	‘‘(2) C
1009	1009	OVERED PROVIDER OF TRANSPOR -8
1010	1010	TATION.— 9
1011	1011	‘‘(A) I
1012	1012	N GENERAL.—The term ‘covered 10
1013	1013	provider of transportation’ means an individual 11
1014	1014	or entity described in subparagraph (B) that is 12
1015	1015	transporting animals from a place in a State, 13
1016	1016	the District of Columbia, or a territory or pos-14
1017	1017	session of the United States through or to a 15
1018	1018	place in another State, the District of Colum-16
1019	1019	bia, or a territory or possession of the United 17
1020	1020	States. 18
1021	1021	‘‘(B) I
1022	1022	NDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES DE -19
1023	1023	SCRIBED.—An individual or entity referred to 20
1024	1024	in subparagraph (A) is— 21
1025	1025	‘‘(i) a rail carrier, express carrier, or 22
1026	1026	common carrier (except by air or water); 23
1027	1027	‘‘(ii) a receiver, trustee, or lessee of a 24
1028	1028	carrier described in clause (i); or 25
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1031	1031	•HR 805 IH
1032	1032	‘‘(iii) an owner or master of a vessel. 1
1033	1033	‘‘(3) S
1034	1034	ECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 2
1035	1035	the Secretary of Agriculture.’’; and 3
1036	1036	(F) by inserting after subsection (c) (as so 4
1037	1037	redesignated) the following: 5
1038	1038	‘‘(d) T
1039	1039	RANSPORTATION LASTINGMORETHAN8 6
1040	1040	H
1041	1041	OURS.— 7
1042	1042	‘‘(1) I
1043	1043	N GENERAL.—In any case in which ani-8
1044	1044	mals are transported by a covered provider of trans-9
1045	1045	portation on behalf of a covered industrial operator 10
1046	1046	for a period lasting, or expected to last, more than 11
1047	1047	8 consecutive hours, the covered provider of trans-12
1048	1048	portation transporting the animals shall ensure 13
1049	1049	that— 14
1050	1050	‘‘(A) the means of transport provides ade-15
1051	1051	quate protection of the animals from high 16
1052	1052	winds, rain, and snow; 17
1053	1053	‘‘(B) any livestock or poultry are provided 18
1054	1054	with appropriate bedding or equivalent material 19
1055	1055	that— 20
1056	1056	‘‘(i) prevents slipping; 21
1057	1057	‘‘(ii) ensures a level of comfort appro-22
1058	1058	priate to— 23
1059	1059	‘‘(I) the species of the livestock 24
1060	1060	or poultry; 25
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1064	1064	‘‘(II) the number of animals 1
1065	1065	being transported; 2
1066	1066	‘‘(III) the duration of the period 3
1067	1067	of transportation; and 4
1068	1068	‘‘(IV) the weather; and 5
1069	1069	‘‘(iii) provides adequate absorption of 6
1070	1070	urine and feces; 7
1071	1071	‘‘(C) the animals are not overcrowded dur-8
1072	1072	ing transport, including by complying with the 9
1073	1073	regulations promulgated under paragraph (2); 10
1074	1074	‘‘(D) the means of transport is equipped 11
1075	1075	with a water supply that ensures that each ani-12
1076	1076	mal has access to water in a manner and quan-13
1077	1077	tity appropriate to the species and size of the 14
1078	1078	animal; 15
1079	1079	‘‘(E) watering devices on the means of 16
1080	1080	transport are— 17
1081	1081	‘‘(i) in good working order; 18
1082	1082	‘‘(ii) appropriately designed; and 19
1083	1083	‘‘(iii) positioned appropriately for the 20
1084	1084	species of animal to be watered during 21
1085	1085	transport; and 22
1086	1086	‘‘(F) the animals are not transported when 23
1087	1087	the temperature within the means of transport 24
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1090	1090	•HR 805 IH
1091	1091	cannot be maintained between 40 degrees Fahr-1
1092	1092	enheit and 86 degrees Fahrenheit. 2
1093	1093	‘‘(2) R
1094	1094	ULEMAKING.— 3
1095	1095	‘‘(A) I
1096	1096	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 4
1097	1097	promulgate regulations setting species-specific 5
1098	1098	space allowances during periods of transpor-6
1099	1099	tation lasting more than 8 hours. 7
1100	1100	‘‘(B) R
1101	1101	EQUIREMENTS.—The regulations 8
1102	1102	promulgated under subparagraph (A) shall en-9
1103	1103	sure that each species of animal has enough 10
1104	1104	space— 11
1105	1105	‘‘(i) to turn around; 12
1106	1106	‘‘(ii) to lie down; and 13
1107	1107	‘‘(iii) to fully extend the limbs of the 14
1108	1108	animal. 15
1109	1109	‘‘(e) R
1110	1110	ECORDKEEPING.— 16
1111	1111	‘‘(1) I
1112	1112	N GENERAL.—Each covered industrial op-17
1113	1113	erator shall maintain records of all livestock trans-18
1114	1114	ported by the covered industrial operator. 19
1115	1115	‘‘(2) P
1116	1116	RODUCTION OF RECORDS .—A covered in-20
1117	1117	dustrial operator shall provide the records main-21
1118	1118	tained under paragraph (1) to the Secretary on re-22
1119	1119	quest.’’. 23
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1123	1123	(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 1
1124	1124	by paragraph (1) take effect on the date that is 1 2
1125	1125	year after the date of enactment of this Act. 3
1126	1126	(3) R
1127	1127	ULEMAKING.—Not later than 1 year after 4
1128	1128	the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 5
1129	1129	shall promulgate final regulations to implement the 6
1130	1130	amendments made by paragraph (1). 7
1131	1131	(b) M
1132	1132	ODIFICATION OF28-HOURRULE.— 8
1133	1133	(1) I
1134	1134	N GENERAL.—Section 80502 of title 49, 9
1135	1135	United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), 10
1136	1136	is amended— 11
1137	1137	(A) in subsection (b)— 12
1138	1138	(i) in paragraph (1)— 13
1139	1139	(I) by striking ‘‘(1) Except as 14
1140	1140	provided’’ and inserting the following: 15
1141	1141	‘‘(1) I
1142	1142	N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-16
1143	1143	vided’’; and 17
1144	1144	(II) by striking ‘‘28’’ and insert-18
1145	1145	ing ‘‘8’’; 19
1146	1146	(ii) by striking paragraph (2) and in-20
1147	1147	serting the following: 21
1148	1148	‘‘(2) E
1149	1149	XCEPTIONS.— 22
1150	1150	‘‘(A) I
1151	1151	N GENERAL.—Animals may be con-23
1152	1152	fined for more than 8 hours when the animals 24
1153	1153	cannot be unloaded because of accidental or un-25
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1156	1156	•HR 805 IH
1157	1157	avoidable causes that could not have been an-1
1158	1158	ticipated or avoided when being careful. 2
1159	1159	‘‘(B) S
1160	1160	HEEP.—Sheep may be confined for 3
1161	1161	an additional 8 consecutive hours without being 4
1162	1162	unloaded when the 8-hour period of confine-5
1163	1163	ment described in paragraph (1) ends at 6
1164	1164	night.’’; and 7
1165	1165	(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘(3) 8
1166	1166	Time’’ and inserting the following: 9
1167	1167	‘‘(3) L
1168	1168	OADING AND UNLOADING .—Time’’; and 10
1169	1169	(B) by striking subsection (g). 11
1170	1170	(2) E
1171	1171	FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 12
1172	1172	by paragraph (1) take effect on the date that is 10 13
1173	1173	years after the date of enactment of this Act. 14
1174	1174	SEC. 312. HIGHER-WELFARE TRANSPORT RESEARCH FUND-15
1175	1175	ING. 16
1176	1176	(a) D
1177	1177	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 17
1178	1178	(1) E
1179	1179	LIGIBLE RESEARCH INSTITUTION .—The 18
1180	1180	term ‘‘eligible research institution’’ means— 19
1181	1181	(A) an 1862 Institution (as defined in sec-20
1182	1182	tion 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 21
1183	1183	and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 22
1184	1184	7601)); 23
1185	1185	(B) an 1890 Institution (as defined in that 24
1186	1186	section); 25
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1190	1190	(C) a 1994 Institution (as defined in sec-1
1191	1191	tion 532 of the Equity in Educational Land- 2
1192	1192	Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; 3
1193	1193	Public Law 103–382)); 4
1194	1194	(D) a non-land-grant college of agriculture 5
1195	1195	(as defined in section 1404 of the National Ag-6
1196	1196	ricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 7
1197	1197	Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)) that has 8
1198	1198	a demonstrable capacity to conduct livestock or 9
1199	1199	poultry research, as determined by the Sec-10
1200	1200	retary; 11
1201	1201	(E) Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges 12
1202	1202	and universities (as defined in that section); 13
1203	1203	and 14
1204	1204	(F) a center of excellence recognized under 15
1205	1205	section 1673 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-16
1206	1206	servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 17
1207	1207	5926). 18
1208	1208	(2) H
1209	1209	IGHER-WELFARE TRANSPORT .—The term 19
1210	1210	‘‘higher-welfare transport’’ means the handling, 20
1211	1211	loading, and transport mechanisms by which live-21
1212	1212	stock and poultry are transported, at any time, 22
1213	1213	which take into account animal welfare and species- 23
1214	1214	specific requirements to ensure that— 24
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1218	1218	(A) animal welfare is maintained through-1
1219	1219	out transport; and 2
1220	1220	(B) animals are spared unnecessary dis-3
1221	1221	tress or injury. 4
1222	1222	(b) G
1223	1223	RANTPROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish 5
1224	1224	a program to provide grants to eligible research institu-6
1225	1225	tions to study higher-welfare transport. 7
1226	1226	(c) A
1227	1227	PPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant under 8
1228	1228	this section, an eligible research institution shall submit 9
1229	1229	to the Secretary an application at such time, in such man-10
1230	1230	ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 11
1231	1231	require. 12
1232	1232	(d) R
1233	1233	EQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the program 13
1234	1234	established under subsection (b), the Secretary shall en-14
1235	1235	sure that none of the grant funding may be used to per-15
1236	1236	form any experiment that would not comply with current 16
1237	1237	transport law. 17
1238	1238	(e) A
1239	1239	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 18
1240	1240	authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 19
1241	1241	out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 20
1242	1242	through 2026. 21
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1245	1245	•HR 805 IH
1246	1246	Subtitle B—Nonambulatory 1
1247	1247	Livestock 2
1248	1248	SEC. 321. UNLAWFUL SLAUGHTER PRACTICES INVOLVING 3
1249	1249	NONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK. 4
1250	1250	(a) I
1251	1251	NGENERAL.—Public Law 85–765 (commonly 5
1252	1252	known as the ‘‘Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 6
1253	1253	1958’’) is amended by inserting after section 2 (7 U.S.C. 7
1254	1254	1902) the following: 8
1255	1255	‘‘SEC. 3. NONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK. 9
1256	1256	‘‘(a) D
1257	1257	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 10
1258	1258	‘‘(1) C
1259	1259	OVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered en-11
1260	1260	tity’ means— 12
1261	1261	‘‘(A) a stockyard; 13
1262	1262	‘‘(B) a market agency; 14
1263	1263	‘‘(C) a packer (as defined in section 201 of 15
1264	1264	the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 16
1265	1265	U.S.C. 191)); 17
1266	1266	‘‘(D) a dealer (as defined in section 301 of 18
1267	1267	the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 19
1268	1268	U.S.C. 201)); 20
1269	1269	‘‘(E) a slaughter facility; and 21
1270	1270	‘‘(F) an establishment. 22
1271	1271	‘‘(2) E
1272	1272	STABLISHMENT.—The term ‘establish-23
1273	1273	ment’ means an establishment that is subject to in-24
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1276	1276	•HR 805 IH
1277	1277	spection pursuant to the Federal Meat Inspection 1
1278	1278	Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 2
1279	1279	‘‘(3) H
1280	1280	UMANELY EUTHANIZE .—The term ‘hu-3
1281	1281	manely euthanize’ means to immediately render an 4
1282	1282	animal unconscious by mechanical, chemical, or 5
1283	1283	other means, with the unconscious state remaining 6
1284	1284	until the death of the animal. 7
1285	1285	‘‘(4) N
1286	1286	ONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK .—The term 8
1287	1287	‘nonambulatory livestock’ means any cattle, sheep, 9
1288	1288	swine, goats, or horses, mules, or other equines who 10
1289	1289	cannot stand or walk unassisted. 11
1290	1290	‘‘(5) S
1291	1291	ECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 12
1292	1292	the Secretary of Agriculture. 13
1293	1293	‘‘(b) H
1294	1294	UMANETREATMENT, HANDLING, ANDDIS-14
1295	1295	POSITION.—The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to 15
1296	1296	provide for the humane treatment, handling, and disposi-16
1297	1297	tion of all nonambulatory livestock by covered entities, in-17
1298	1298	cluding requirements for covered entities— 18
1299	1299	‘‘(1) to immediately humanely euthanize non-19
1300	1300	ambulatory livestock when the livestock becomes 20
1301	1301	nonambulatory livestock, subject to subsection (c); 21
1302	1302	and 22
1303	1303	‘‘(2)(A) to have written policies and procedures 23
1304	1304	in place, and proper equipment, relating to the hu-24
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1308	1308	mane handling, euthanization, and disposition of all 1
1309	1309	nonambulatory livestock; 2
1310	1310	‘‘(B) to maintain records of all nonambulatory 3
1311	1311	livestock; and 4
1312	1312	‘‘(C) to electronically submit those written poli-5
1313	1313	cies and procedures and records to the Adminis-6
1314	1314	trator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service. 7
1315	1315	‘‘(c) H
1316	1316	UMANEEUTHANASIA.— 8
1317	1317	‘‘(1) I
1318	1318	N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pro-9
1319	1319	mulgate regulations specifying— 10
1320	1320	‘‘(A) the methods of euthanasia that shall 11
1321	1321	be acceptable for the humane disposition of 12
1322	1322	nonambulatory livestock required under the reg-13
1323	1323	ulations promulgated under subsection (b); and 14
1324	1324	‘‘(B) processes for ensuring effective en-15
1325	1325	forcement of the use of those methods. 16
1326	1326	‘‘(2) D
1327	1327	ISEASE TESTING.—The regulations pro-17
1328	1328	mulgated under subsection (b) shall not limit the 18
1329	1329	ability of the Secretary to test nonambulatory live-19
1330	1330	stock for a disease. 20
1331	1331	‘‘(d) T
1332	1332	RANSACTING ORPROCESSING.—A covered en-21
1333	1333	tity shall not— 22
1334	1334	‘‘(1) buy or sell a nonambulatory animal; or 23
1335	1335	‘‘(2) process, butcher, or sell meat or products 24
1336	1336	of nonambulatory livestock. 25
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1340	1340	‘‘(e) RECORDS.—The Administrator of the Food 1
1341	1341	Safety and Inspection Service shall maintain all docu-2
1342	1342	ments submitted by covered entities pursuant to the regu-3
1343	1343	lations under subsection (b).’’. 4
1344	1344	(b) I
1345	1345	NSPECTION OF NONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK; 5
1346	1346	L
1347	1347	ABELING.—Section 6 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act 6
1348	1348	(21 U.S.C. 606) is amended by adding at the end the fol-7
1349	1349	lowing: 8
1350	1350	‘‘(c) I
1351	1351	NSPECTION OFNONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK; 9
1352	1352	L
1353	1353	ABELING.— 10
1354	1354	‘‘(1) D
1355	1355	EFINITION OF NONAMBULATORY LIVE -11
1356	1356	STOCK.—In this subsection, the term ‘non-12
1357	1357	ambulatory livestock’ means any cattle, sheep, swine, 13
1358	1358	goats, or horses, mules, or other equines who cannot 14
1359	1359	stand or walk unassisted. 15
1360	1360	‘‘(2) I
1361	1361	NSPECTION.—It shall be unlawful for an 16
1362	1362	inspector at an establishment subject to inspection 17
1363	1363	under this Act to pass through inspection any non-18
1364	1364	ambulatory livestock or carcass (including parts of a 19
1365	1365	carcass) of nonambulatory livestock. 20
1366	1366	‘‘(3) L
1367	1367	ABELING.—An inspector or other em-21
1368	1368	ployee of an establishment described in paragraph 22
1369	1369	(2) shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as ‘inspected 23
1370	1370	and condemned’ any carcass (including parts of a 24
1371	1371	carcass) of nonambulatory livestock.’’. 25
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1375	1375	(c) EFFECTIVEDATE.— 1
1376	1376	(1) I
1377	1377	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-2
1378	1378	graph (2), the amendments made by subsections (a) 3
1379	1379	and (b) shall take effect on the date that is 1 year 4
1380	1380	after the date of enactment of this Act. 5
1381	1381	(2) R
1382	1382	EGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after 6
1383	1383	the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 7
1384	1384	shall promulgate final regulations to implement the 8
1385	1385	amendments made by subsections (a) and (b). 9
1386	1386	SEC. 322. UNLAWFUL USE OF DRUGS CONTRIBUTING TO 10
1387	1387	NONAMBULATORY CONDITIONS. 11
1388	1388	The Animal Health Protection Act is amended by in-12
1389	1389	serting after section 10409A (7 U.S.C. 8308a) the fol-13
1390	1390	lowing: 14
1391	1391	‘‘SEC. 10409B. UNLAWFUL USE OF DRUGS ON CERTAIN ANI-15
1392	1392	MALS. 16
1393	1393	‘‘Any use of a beta-agonist drug, including 17
1394	1394	ractopamine, zilpaterol, and lubabegron, in an animal in 18
1395	1395	the absence of disease, including use for growth promotion 19
1396	1396	or feed efficiency, is prohibited.’’. 20
1397	1397	SEC. 323. INCLUSION OF POULTRY IN HUMANE METHODS 21
1398	1398	OF SLAUGHTER ACT. 22
1399	1399	(a) I
1400	1400	NGENERAL.—Public Law 85–765 (commonly 23
1401	1401	known as the ‘‘Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 24
1402	1402	1958’’) (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) is amended by adding 25
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1406	1406	‘‘and poultry’’ after the term ‘‘livestock’’ each place it ap-1
1407	1407	pears, except as provided in subsection (b). 2
1408	1408	(b) O
1409	1409	THERCONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3
1410	1410	2(a) of Public Law 85–765 (commonly known as the ‘‘Hu-4
1411	1411	mane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958’’) (7 U.S.C. 5
1412	1412	1902) is amended by striking ‘‘and other livestock,’’ and 6
1413	1413	inserting ‘‘other livestock, and poultry’’. 7
1414	1414	(c) E
1415	1415	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 8
1416	1416	subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the date that 9
1417	1417	is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 10
1418	1418	Subtitle C—Inspections 11
1419	1419	SEC. 331. DEFINITIONS. 12
1420	1420	In this subtitle: 13
1421	1421	(1) C
1422	1422	OVERED ESTABLISHMENT .—The term 14
1423	1423	‘‘covered establishment’’ means— 15
1424	1424	(A) an official establishment (as defined in 16
1425	1425	section 301.2 of title 9, Code of Federal Regu-17
1426	1426	lations (or successor regulations)) that is sub-18
1427	1427	ject to inspection under the Federal Meat In-19
1428	1428	spection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); and 20
1429	1429	(B) an official establishment (as defined in 21
1430	1430	section 381.1 of title 9, Code of Federal Regu-22
1431	1431	lations (or successor regulations)) that is sub-23
1432	1432	ject to inspection under the Poultry Products 24
1433	1433	Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.). 25
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1437	1437	(2) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ has the 1
1438	1438	meaning given the term in section 3 of the Occupa-2
1439	1439	tional Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 3
1440	1440	652). 4
1441	1441	SEC. 332. ENDING DANGEROUS HIGHER-SPEED SLAUGHTER 5
1442	1442	AND SELF-INSPECTION SYSTEMS. 6
1443	1443	(a) D
1444	1444	EFINITION OFCOVEREDPROGRAM.— 7
1445	1445	(1) I
1446	1446	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered pro-8
1447	1447	gram’’ means any waiver, program, or regulation 9
1448	1448	that— 10
1449	1449	(A) allows covered establishments to oper-11
1450	1450	ate at slaughter speeds that exceed existing lim-12
1451	1451	its required by regulations of the Department 13
1452	1452	of Agriculture as of the date of enactment of 14
1453	1453	this Act; 15
1454	1454	(B) reduces the number of Federal inspec-16
1455	1455	tors in covered establishments; or 17
1456	1456	(C) replaces Federal inspectors at covered 18
1457	1457	establishments with employees of the covered 19
1458	1458	establishments for purposes of inspection. 20
1459	1459	(2) I
1460	1460	NCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘covered program’’ 21
1461	1461	includes— 22
1462	1462	(A) the New Swine Slaughter Inspection 23
1463	1463	System described in the final rule entitled 24
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1467	1467	‘‘Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection’’ 1
1468	1468	(84 Fed. Reg. 52300 (October 1, 2019)); 2
1469	1469	(B) the New Poultry Inspection System 3
1470	1470	described in the final rule entitled ‘‘Moderniza-4
1471	1471	tion of Poultry Slaughter Inspection’’ (79 Fed. 5
1472	1472	Reg. 49566 (August 21, 2014)); and 6
1473	1473	(C) any waiver issued under an inspection 7
1474	1474	system described in subparagraph (A) or (B). 8
1475	1475	(b) T
1476	1476	ERMINATION OF COVEREDPROGRAMS.—The 9
1477	1477	Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Food 10
1478	1478	Safety and Inspection Service, shall terminate or suspend 11
1479	1479	implementation of or conversion to, as applicable, all cov-12
1480	1480	ered programs. 13
1481	1481	SEC. 333. FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL OSHA INSPECTORS. 14
1482	1482	There is authorized to be appropriated $60,000,000 15
1483	1483	for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2033 for the hiring 16
1484	1484	of additional inspectors to carry out inspections under sec-17
1485	1485	tion 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 18
1486	1486	(29 U.S.C. 657) in covered establishments. 19
1487	1487	SEC. 334. FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL FSIS INSPECTORS. 20
1488	1488	(a) I
1489	1489	NGENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-21
1490	1490	priated to the Secretary $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 22
1491	1491	years 2024 through 2033 to hire additional full-time 23
1492	1492	equivalent positions within the Food Safety and Inspection 24
1493	1493	Service relating to inspections conducted pursuant to, and 25
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1497	1497	the enforcement of, Public Law 85–765 (commonly known 1
1498	1498	as the ‘‘Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958’’) (7 2
1499	1499	U.S.C. 1901 et seq.). 3
1500	1500	(b) P
1501	1501	RIORITY FORHIRING.—In carrying out sub-4
1502	1502	section (a), priority shall be given to hiring personnel— 5
1503	1503	(1) to inspect processing facilities (as described 6
1504	1504	by the term ‘‘eligible facility’’ in section 764 of divi-7
1505	1505	sion N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 8
1506	1506	(21 U.S.C. 473)); and 9
1507	1507	(2) in regions with the highest number of va-10
1508	1508	cancies within the Food Safety and Inspection Serv-11
1509	1509	ice. 12
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