House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
A–PLUS Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to amend certain regulations to clarify that livestock auction owners may have an interest in small meatpacking businesses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Alford R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 28, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1648.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H918):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1648, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
23 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 23 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Sam Graves (R-MO), Mark Harris (R-NC), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), John Rose (R-TN), David Rouzer (R-NC), Derek Schmidt (R-KS), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), David Taylor (R-OH), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Alford.
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- H.R. 915 (119th) Small Business Technological Advancement Act
- H.R. 2027 (119th) Returning SBA to Main Street Act of 2025
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- H.R. 5387 (119th) Saving the American Dream Act
- H.R. 4153 (119th) Supporting Trade and Rebuilding Opportunity for National Growth Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
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