What is the official ID of this bill?
The official print number for this legislation is HR 805.
Industrial Farm Accountability: Worker Protection, Humane Slaughter, and Disaster Planning.
This Act imposes strict new requirements on large industrial agricultural operators regarding disaster preparedness, environmental protection, and animal welfare. It shifts the financial burden of disaster response and depopulation costs from taxpayers to the operators. Crucially, it mandates strong labor protections, including health insurance and severance pay for workers and contract growers affected by crisis events.
Key points
Large factory farms must register, submit disaster plans, and pay fees to cover environmental and depopulation costs, protecting neighboring communities.
Bans highly inhumane mass animal killing methods (like ventilation shutdown) and requires immediate humane euthanasia for animals unable to walk.
The maximum transport time for livestock is reduced from 28 hours to 8 hours, requiring better conditions during transit.
Workers and contract growers affected by disasters are guaranteed 12 weeks of severance pay and two years of employer-paid health insurance.
Federal oversight is strengthened by hiring more inspectors and ending high-speed slaughter and self-inspection systems in processing plants.
Status:
Expired
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