[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1149 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1149

   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 the inspections.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 18, 2007

   Mr. Kohl (for himself, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Conrad) 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 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 the 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:
            ``(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 the 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:
            ``(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 the inspections.''.
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