[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1760 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1760

   To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products 
   Inspection Act to authorize the interstate distribution of State 
 inspected meat and poultry if the Secretary of Agriculture determines 
 that the State inspection requirements are at least equal to Federal 
inspection requirements and to require the Secretary to reimburse State 
          agencies for part of the costs of such inspections.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2007

  Mr. Kind (for himself, Mr. Obey, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Ms. Moore of 
  Wisconsin, Mr. Marshall, and Ms. Baldwin) 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 and the Poultry Products 
   Inspection Act to authorize the interstate distribution of State 
 inspected meat and poultry if the Secretary of Agriculture determines 
 that the State inspection requirements are at least equal to Federal 
inspection requirements and to require the Secretary to reimburse State 
          agencies for part of the costs of such inspections.

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

SECTION 1. INTERSTATE DISTRIBUTION OF STATE INSPECTED MEAT AND POULTRY 
              PRODUCTS.

    (a) Meat Products.--Section 301(a)(1) of the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 661(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1) The Secretary'' and inserting 
        ``(1)(A) The Secretary'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A), as designated by paragraph (1), by 
        striking ``solely for distribution within such State''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) The Secretary shall reimburse a State agency 
                administering inspections pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
                for not less than 50 percent and not more than 60 
                percent of the costs of administering such 
                inspections.''.
    (b) Poultry Products.--Section 5(a)(1) of the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 454(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1) The Secretary'' and inserting 
        ``(1)(A) The Secretary'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A), as designated by paragraph (1), by 
        striking ``solely for distribution within such State''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) The Secretary shall reimburse a State agency 
                administering inspections pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
                for not less than 50 percent and not more than 60 
                percent of the costs of administering such 
                inspections.''.
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