[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1574 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1574

 To extend the inspection requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection 
             Act to rabbits produced for human consumption.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 1999

 Mr. Hilliard introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the inspection requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection 
             Act to rabbits produced for human consumption.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCES.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Rabbit Inspection 
Act of 1999''.
    (b) References.--Whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in 
terms of an amendment to a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 1 (21 U.S.C. 601) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``rabbits,'' after ``goats,'' each place 
        it appears in subsections (c), (d), and (e); and
            (2) in subsection (j)--
                    (A) by striking ``or goats,'' in the first sentence 
                and inserting ``goats, or rabbits,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and goats'' in the second 
                sentence and inserting ``goats, and rabbits''.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    Section 2 (21 U.S.C. 602) is amended by striking ``livestock 
producers'' in the fourth sentence and inserting ``livestock and rabbit 
producers''.

SEC. 4. PREENTRANCE EXAMINATION.

    Section 3 (21 U.S.C. 603) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``rabbits,'' after ``goats,'' each place 
        it appears in subsections (a) and (b); and
            (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``or rabbits'' after 
        ``livestock'' both places it appears.

SEC. 5. POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION.

    Section 4 (21 U.S.C. 604) is amended in the first sentence by 
inserting ``rabbits,'' after ``goats,''.

SEC. 6. CARCASSES BROUGHT TO PROCESSING PLANTS.

    Section 5 (21 U.S.C. 605) is amended in the first sentence by 
inserting ``rabbits,'' after ``goats,''.

SEC. 7. SANITARY INSPECTION.

    Section 8 (21 U.S.C. 608) is amended in the first sentence by 
inserting ``rabbits,'' after ``goats,''.

SEC. 8. EVENING INSPECTIONS.

    Section 9 (21 U.S.C. 609) is amended by inserting ``rabbits,'' 
after ``goats,'' both places it appears.

SEC. 9. PROHIBITED ACTS.

    Section 10 (21 U.S.C. 610) is amended in the matter preceding the 
subsections by inserting ``rabbits,'' after ``goats,''.

SEC. 10. INSPECTION FOR EXPORT.

    Sections 12 and 15 (21 U.S.C. 612, 615) are amended by inserting 
``rabbits,'' after ``goats,'' each place it appears.

SEC. 11. INSPECTORS.

    Sections 13, 16, and 21 (21 U.S.C. 613, 616, 621) are amended by 
inserting ``rabbits,'' after ``goats,'' each place it appears.

SEC. 12. CLEARANCE FOR EXPORT.

    Sections 14 and 17 (21 U.S.C. 614, 617) are amended by inserting 
``rabbits,'' after ``goats,'' each place it appears.

SEC. 13. CERTIFICATES OF INSPECTION.

    Section 18 (21 U.S.C. 618) is amended by inserting ``rabbits,'' 
after ``goats,'' both places it appears.

SEC. 14. LABELING.

    Section 19 (21 U.S.C. 619) is amended by striking ``or goats'' in 
the second sentence and inserting ``goats, or rabbits''.

SEC. 15. IMPORTS.

    Section 20 (21 U.S.C. 620) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``rabbits,'' after ``goats,'' each place 
        it appears in subsections (a), (f), (g), and (h)(1); and
            (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or rabbits'' after 
        ``livestock'' in the second sentence.

SEC. 16. EXEMPTIONS FROM INSPECTIONS.

    Section 23(a) (21 U.S.C. 623(a)) is amended by striking ``or 
goats'' both places it appears and inserting ``goats, or rabbits''.

SEC. 17. STORAGE AND HANDLING.

    Section 24 (21 U.S.C. 624) is amended in the first sentence by 
inserting ``rabbits,'' after ``goats,''.

SEC. 18. WHEN NOT INTENDED FOR USE AS HUMAN FOOD.

    Section 201 (21 U.S.C. 641) is amended in the first sentence by 
inserting ``rabbits,'' after ``goats,''.

SEC. 19. RECORDKEEPING.

    Section 202(a) (21 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended in paragraphs (1) and 
(3) by inserting ``rabbits,'' after ``goats,''.

SEC. 20. REGISTRATION.

    Section 203 (21 U.S.C. 643) is amended by inserting ``rabbits,'' 
after ``goats,''.

SEC. 21. REGULATION OF 4-D ANIMALS.

    Section 204 (21 U.S.C. 644) is amended by inserting ``rabbits,'' 
after ``goats,''.

SEC. 22. FEDERAL AND STATE COOPERATION.

    Section 301 (21 U.S.C. 661) is amended in subsections (a)(1) and 
(c)(1) by inserting ``rabbits,'' after ``goats,''.

SEC. 23. ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTIONS.

    Section 402 (21 U.S.C. 672) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``rabbits,'' after ``goats,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``rabbit,'' after ``goat,''.

SEC. 24. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT.

    Section 409(b) (21 U.S.C. 679(b)) is amended by inserting 
``rabbits,'' after ``goats,''.
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