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S. 1212

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 1212, the LOCAL Foods Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Mar 31, 2025 by Sen. Peter Welch (D) with 3 co-sponsors. It was referred to Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry, and last saw action on Mar 31, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Record

Text

S. 1212 has 3 co-sponsors.

sb1212/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S1212 IS: Livestock Owned by Communities to Advance Local Foods Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-03-31
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1212  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 31, 2025   Mr. Welch  (for himself,  Mr. Lee , and  Mr. Sanders ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry    A BILL
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt certain owners of livestock from inspection requirements, and for other purposes.
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  .
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 .

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-03-31
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in Senate Mar 31, 2025

sb1212/introduced-in-senate.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in Senate (03/31/2025)

Livestock Owned by Communities to Advance Local Foods Act of 2025 or the LOCAL Foods Act of 2025

This bill provides statutory authority for expanding the personal use exemption from inspection requirements for livestock that are slaughtered and prepared by the owner or at custom animal slaughter facilities for meat products intended for personal consumption.

Under current law, the personal use exemption from certain Food Safety and Inspection Service meat inspection requirements applies to a person who raises an animal and slaughters the animal exclusively for personal, household, guest, or employee uses.

The bill applies the exemption to any person who meets these requirements and is the owner of an animal, in whole or in part. This allows for an animal to have multiple owners (e.g., a community or a group of people buying shares in livestock).

Further, the owner may designate an agent to assist in the slaughter, preparation, or transportation of the carcasses (or parts thereof) or meat and meat food products. If the owner designates an agent, the owner must maintain custody and specific identification of the carcasses or meat.

Sponsors

Sen. Peter Welch (D) sponsors S. 1212, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 1212 went before 1 committee: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Referred To · Mar 31, 2025 · 334 Bills

Actions

S. 1212 has taken 2 actions since Mar 31, 2025.

ChamberAction
Mar 31, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Mar 31, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 1212 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 1212, as Identical bill.

Titles

S. 1212 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • LOCAL Foods Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • LOCAL Foods Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Livestock Owned by Communities to Advance Local Foods Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt certain owners of livestock from inspection requirements, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 3 registered lobbyists who named S. 1212 in 3 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Insurance, Retirement, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Agriculture, Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.), Trade (domestic/foreign).

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE—District of Columbia12—
FARM ACTION FUNDNonprofit that advocates for policies to foster competition in our food system.Missouri11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE12—
FARM ACTION FUND11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JOHN JENNINGS112
PAUL RICHMAN112
CAROLINE NODUS111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTEINSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE2025 second_quarter$170K2nd Quarter - Report
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTEINSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE2025 first_quarter$170K1st Quarter - Report
FARM ACTION FUNDFARM ACTION FUND2026 first_quarter$10K1st Quarter - Termina…

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 1212 under Agriculture and Food, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 1212’s is Agriculture and Food.

s1212/policy-areas.txt
Agriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

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