arsenisspyros/iStock/Thinkstock A look at a Dealer Statutory Trust, help for small meat processors, Livestock Mandatory Reporting extension and animal health funds.
In the over 5,500 pages of the recent approved appropriations and COVID-relief, there are several nuggets important to those in the livestock sector including certainty that producers can recoup payment losses by establishing a dealer trust, funding for agriculture quarantine inspection services and an extension of Livestock Mandatory Reporting.
Small meat processors
The bill offers expanded resources for state-inspected meat processors through inclusion of the Requiring Assistance to Meat Processors for Upgrading Plants Act, which assists meat and poultry slaughtering and processing facilities with making improvements to allow for interstate shipment.
Congress approves bill to crack down on racehorse doping
In this image provided by Hodges Photography, Quick Tempo with Adam Beschizza aboard led gate to wire to win the 71st running of the Sugar Bowl Stakes horse race at Fair Grounds race course, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2020, in New Orleans. (Jan Brubaker/Hodges Photography via AP Jan Brubaker
In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, Sensible Cat and jockey Juan Hernandez win the 100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes horse race Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, Calif. (Benoit Photo via AP)
FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, speaks during a news conference with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, while Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, listens at left. “There will be another major rescue package for the American people, McConnell said in announcing an agreement for a relief bill, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, that would total almost
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON A bill to ban race-day doping of horses and set national medication and track-safety standards for the horse-racing industry is nearing the finish line. Lawmakers gave final approval to the bill late Monday as part of the massive legislation on spending and pandemic relief.
President Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill in the next few days.
Passage of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act comes after a series of doping scandals and a rash of horse fatalities in recent years. More than two dozen people were charged last March in what authorities described as a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them run faster.
Congress approves bill to crack down on racehorse doping
In this image provided by Hodges Photography, Quick Tempo with Adam Beschizza aboard led gate to wire to win the 71st running of the Sugar Bowl Stakes horse race at Fair Grounds race course, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2020, in New Orleans. (Jan Brubaker/Hodges Photography via AP Jan Brubaker
In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, Sensible Cat and jockey Juan Hernandez win the 100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes horse race Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, Calif. (Benoit Photo via AP)
FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, speaks during a news conference with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, while Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, listens at left. “There will be another major rescue package for the American people, McConnell said in announcing an agreement for a relief bill, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, that would total almost
Congress approves bill to crack down on racehorse doping
by Matthew Daly, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 22, 2020 3:46 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 22, 2020 at 3:58 pm EDT
FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, speaks during a news conference with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, while Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, listens at left. “There will be another major rescue package for the American people, McConnell said in announcing an agreement for a relief bill, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, that would total almost $900 billion. “It is packed with targeted policies to help struggling Americans who have already waited too long.” (Nicholas Kamm/Pool Photo via AP, File)