To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish criteria for the review of requests by certain meat or poultry establishments to operate at alternate inspection rates, to review and respond to such requests, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 5079 2025-12-05T09:14:23Z 2025-12-05T09:14:23Z House H HR 2023-07-28 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5079 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 131 (Friday, July 28, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. FINSTAD:H.R. 5079.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying intoExecution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vestedby this Constitution in the Government of the United States,or in any Department or Officer thereof.The single subject of this legislation is:Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to publish criteriarelated to line speed limits for processing facilities.[Page H4152]</pre> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee Referred to 2023-09-26T18:31:19Z Referred To 2023-07-28T14:03:20Z To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish criteria for the review of requests by certain meat or poultry establishments to operate at alternate inspection rates, to review and respond to such requests, and for other purposes. 118 5106 HR 2023-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Identical bill CRS 2023-09-26 hsag29 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Committee 2023-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2023-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000475 Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] Brad Finstad R MN 1 N Agriculture and Food Food industry and services 2024-05-02T14:17:24Z Food supply, safety, and labeling 2024-05-02T14:17:15Z Meat 2024-05-02T14:17:07Z Agriculture and Food 2023-08-23T19:45:20Z

00 2023-07-28 Introduced in House 2024-07-18T10:48:08Z This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to publish food safety criteria, and review requests, for meat and poultry establishments to operate at alternate inspection rates. (Under the bill, alternate inspection rates are any rates in excess of the maximum rates permissible under regulations implementing the post-mortem inspection requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act.)The bill requires USDA to approve or deny a request to operate at alternate inspection rates within 90 days of submission. If USDA fails to respond within 90 days, the establishment’s request shall be deemed approved by USDA.Once USDA approves a request, an establishment may continue to operate pursuant to the terms of the request (i.e., the approval does not expire).The bill establishes written notice requirements and a timeline for USDA to revoke an establishment's authority to operate at alternate inspection rates. As part of the revocation timeline, USDA must consult with the establishment to minimize the negative impacts of adjusting the inspection rates.Further, USDA must authorize establishments currently operating under alternate inspection rates (e.g., under a USDA pilot program) to continue operating at such rates (1) so long as the establishment maintains effective process control, or (2) until USDA approves or denies a submitted request to operate at alternate inspection rates.

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish criteria for the review of requests by certain meat or poultry establishments to operate at alternate inspection rates, to review and respond to such requests, and for other purposes. Display Title 45 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish criteria for the review of requests by certain meat or poultry establishments to operate at alternate inspection rates, to review and respond to such requests, and for other purposes. 2024-07-24T15:20:43Z Official Title as Introduced 6 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to publish criteria for the review of requests by certain meat or poultry establishments to operate at alternate inspection rates, to review and respond to such requests, and for other purposes. 2024-03-18T21:16:14Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr5079ih/xml/BILLS-118hr5079ih.xml 2023-09-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. 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.