3.0.0 3519 2023-01-13T04:50:38Z 2023-01-13T04:50:38Z Senate S S 2006-06-15 109 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-06-15T17:35:56Z New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2006 109 6130 HR 2006-10-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture . Related bill CRS 2006-06-15 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2006-06-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5957) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-06-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2006-06-15 True K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2006-06-15 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2006-06-28 False D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2006-07-12 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2006-07-12 False B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2006-07-24 False V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2006-07-24 False D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2006-07-24 False B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. 2006-07-25 False T000162 Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] CRAIG THOMAS R WY 2006-07-31 False E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2006-09-06 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2006-09-14 False D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2006-09-25 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2006-09-26 False Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Commerce Department of Agriculture Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Interstate commerce Law Meat inspection Poultry Small business Agriculture and Food 00 2006-06-15 Introduced in Senate 2006-08-28T19:23:14Z Agriculture Small Business Opportunity and Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to approve a qualifying State meat inspection program and allow the shipment in commerce of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products so inspected. Requires the Secretary to review approved plans annually.

Prohibits from state inspection plan participation: (1) establishments that have more than 50 employees, except for those subject to state inspection as of January 1, 2007; and (2) federally inspected establishments after such date that have more than 50 employees.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into a cooperative agreement to establish the relationship between a state program and the Secretary; and (2) provide partial reimbursement for state costs to meet federal requirements.

Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) sampling; (2) noncompliance; (3) acceptance of interstate shipments of meat and meat food products; and (4) advisory committees.

Directs the Secretary to temporarily suspend or take over a noncomplying state program (or an establishment).

Makes similar amendments to the Poultry Products Inspection Act.

Terminates the Secretary's authority to establish interstate meat and poultry inspection programs under this Act if approval and cooperative agreements have not been concluded by January 1, 2007.]]>

Agriculture Small Business Opportunity and Enhancement Act of 2006 Display Title Agriculture Small Business Opportunity and Enhancement Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reform the State inspection of meat and poultry in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Agriculture Small Business Opportunity and Enhancement Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-06-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3519is/xml/BILLS-109s3519is.xml 2006-06-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.