Bill Details
Status
Latest action
2025-03-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Introduced Date
2025-02-26
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Committees
View committees (1)
Cosponsors
View cosponsors (13)
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-Georgia-2]
- Rep. Scott, Austin [R-Georgia-8]
- Rep. Scott, David [D-Georgia-13]
- Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-Georgia-11]
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-Georgia-4]
- Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-Georgia-12]
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-Georgia-6]
- Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-Georgia-9]
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-Georgia-5]
- Rep. Greene, Marjorie Taylor [R-Georgia-14]
- Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-Georgia-7]
- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-Georgia-10]
- Rep. Jack, Brian [R-Georgia-3]
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AI Summary This summary was generated by AI from the bill text. AI can get information wrong.
This bill would rename a U.S. Department of Agriculture poultry research facility in Athens, Georgia. From now on, the center would officially be known as the Abit Massey Poultry Research Center. The bill does not change the center’s work or funding; it only gives the facility a new name and says that any future references to the old name in government records should mean the new name.
- The change applies to the U.S. National Poultry Research Center in Athens, Georgia.
- All official uses of the old name in laws, maps, regulations, documents, and other records would be updated to point to the new name.
- The bill is mainly a naming measure and does not create new programs or duties.
Official Summaries
This bill designates the Department of Agriculture U.S. National Poultry Research Center in Athens, Georgia, as the Abit Massey Poultry Research Center.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1596 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1596
To designate the U.S. National Poultry Research Center of the
Department of Agriculture located in Athens, Georgia, as the ``Abit
Massey Poultry Research Center''.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 26, 2025
Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Austin Scott of
Georgia, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Johnson of
Georgia, Mr. Allen, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Clyde, Ms. Williams of Georgia,
Ms. Greene of Georgia, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Collins, and Mr. Jack)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture
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A BILL
To designate the U.S. National Poultry Research Center of the
Department of Agriculture located in Athens, Georgia, as the ``Abit
Massey Poultry Research Center''.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ABIT MASSEY POULTRY RESEARCH CENTER.
(a) Designation.--The U.S. National Poultry Research Center of the
Department of Agriculture located in Athens, Georgia, shall be known
and designated as the ``Abit Massey Poultry Research Center''.
(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to
in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Abit
Massey Poultry Research Center''.
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