# 116-hr-8717: FAIR Meat Packing Act

116-hr-8717, FAIR Meat Packing Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] (R-MO); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8717
- Congress: 116
- Title: FAIR Meat Packing Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2020-10-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] (R-MO)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Feed America by Incentivizing Rural Meat Packing Act or the FAIR Meat Packing Act This bill allows an investment tax credit through 2025 for 25% of the basis of each livestock processing facility property placed in service during the taxable year. The amount of the credit may not exceed $250,000 in any taxable year and is not available to taxpayers whose gross receipts exceed $100 million in a taxable year. The bill defines livestock processing facility as a facility that slaughters livestock (i.e., cattle, sheep, goats, bison, swine, and poultry) for processing into meat and meat products and participates in a meat and poultry inspection program, The facility must employ an average of fewer than 500 employees and include property used for the intake or storage of livestock, the disposal or management of livestock waste, or the packaging, handling, warehousing, or storage of meat products. The bill also allows a refundable income tax credit for the startup and organizational expenditures of livestock processing facilities.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] (R-MO), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] (R-MO), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] (R-MO), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] (R-MO), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] (R-MO), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hagedorn, Jim [R-MN-1] (R-MN), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-7483: Flexible Financing for Rural America Act of 2020
- 116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-19: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8717 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8717)

## Related
- [116-hr-7483: Flexible Financing for Rural America Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7483)
- [116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2423)
- [116-hr-19: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-19)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1570)
- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8717 (as of 2025-11-18).