LOCAL Foods Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5341 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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…