[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 649 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 649

 To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require the slaughter 
             of poultry in accordance with humane methods.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 1993

  Mr. Jacobs (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Borski, Mr. Towns, and Mr. 
   Mineta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require the slaughter 
             of poultry in accordance with humane methods.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Humane Methods of Poultry Slaughter 
Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF HUMANE METHODS OF POULTRY SLAUGHTER.

    Section 7 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 456) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(b) Humane Methods of Slaughter.--Poultry shall be slaughtered in 
an official establishment referred to in subsection (a) only in 
accordance with 1 of the following humane methods:
            ``(1) Poultry is rendered insensible to pain by electrical, 
        chemical, or other means that is rapid and effective before or 
        immediately after being shackled or otherwise prepared for 
        slaughter.
            ``(2) Poultry is slaughtered in accordance with the ritual 
        requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith, 
        as described in section 2(b) of the Act of August 27, 1958 (72 
        Stat. 862; 7 U.S.C. 1902(b)).''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

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