[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 788 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 788

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 13, 1999

    Mr. Burns (for himself, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Craig) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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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 Recission 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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