MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSING STUDY AND REPORT.

SEC. 765. MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSING STUDY AND REPORT. (a) Study and Report on Financial Assistance Availability.— (1) Study required.—The Secretary shall conduct a study on the availability and effectiveness of— (A) Federal loan programs, Federal loan guarantee programs, and grant programs for which— (i) facilities that slaughter or otherwise process meat and poultry in the United States, which are in operation and subject to inspection under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), as of the date of the enactment of this section, and (ii) entities seeking to establish such a facility in the United States, may be eligible; and (B) Federal grant programs intended to support— (i) business activities relating to increasing the slaughter or processing capacity in the United States; and (ii) feasibility or marketing studies on the practicality and viability of specific new or expanded projects to support additional slaughter or processing capacity in the United States. (2) Report to congress.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with applicable Federal agencies, shall submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate that includes the results of the study required under paragraph (1). (3) Publication.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall make publicly available on the website of the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture a list of each loan program, loan guarantee program, and grant program identified under paragraph (1). (b) Funding.—There is appropriated, out of the funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000 to carry out this section.