[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1698 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1698

  To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to provide that a quality 
grade label issued by the Secretary of Agriculture may not be used for 
                 imported meat and meat food products.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 1999

  Mr. Hill of Montana (for himself, Mr. LaTourette, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
   McHugh, and Mr. Watkins) introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to provide that a quality 
grade label issued by the Secretary of Agriculture may not be used for 
                 imported meat and meat food products.

    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 ``USDA Grade Rescission Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. QUALITY GRADE LABELING OF IMPORTED MEAT AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS.

    Section 1(n) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(n)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) if it is an imported carcass, part thereof, meat, or 
        meat food product (including any carcass, part thereof, meat, 
        or meat food product produced from any cattle, sheep, or goats 
        that have not been fed in the United States for at least 90 
        days) and bears a label that indicates a quality grade issued 
        by the Secretary.''.
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