[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 264 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 264

 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 4, 1995

  Mr. Jacobs 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 1995''.

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

    (a) 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 Required.--Effective one year 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, poultry shall be 
slaughtered in an official establishment referred to in subsection (a) 
only in accordance with one or both of the following humane methods:
            ``(1) Poultry are rendered permanently unconscious by an 
        electrical, chemical, or other method that is rapid and 
        effective before or immediately after the poultry are shackled 
        or otherwise prepared for slaughter.
            ``(2) Poultry are slaughtered in accordance with the ritual 
        requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith, 
        as described in section 2(b) of Public Law 85-765 (7 U.S.C. 
        1902(b)).''.
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