[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1780 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1780

To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to 
  allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination 
 contracts with Tribal organizations to carry out the authority of the 
      Food Safety and Inspection Service, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 31 (legislative day, May 30), 2023

 Mr. Mullin (for himself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to 
  allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination 
 contracts with Tribal organizations to carry out the authority of the 
      Food Safety and Inspection Service, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Promoting Regulatory Independence, 
Mastery, and Expansion for Meat Processing in Indian Country Act'' or 
the ``PRIME Meat Processing in Indian Country Act''.

SEC. 2. SELF-DETERMINATION FOR FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
              AUTHORITY.

    Title I of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 112. SELF-DETERMINATION FOR FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
              AUTHORITY.

    ``(a) Food Safety and Inspection Service Self-determination 
Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into self-
determination contracts, in accordance with subsection (c), with Tribal 
organizations, on the request of any Indian Tribe, by Tribal 
resolution, subject to subsection (b), to carry out the authority of 
the Food Safety and Inspection Service under the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.).
    ``(b) Food Safety and Inspection Service Contracts.--
            ``(1) In general.--A Tribal organization seeking to enter 
        into a self-determination contract described in subsection (a) 
        shall, before requesting to enter into that contract, adopt, by 
        Tribal resolution, a food and agriculture code approved by the 
        Secretary of Agriculture, after which the Secretary of 
        Agriculture shall exercise the authority of the Secretary of 
        Agriculture under Public Law 87-718 (7 U.S.C. 1633) with 
        respect to the Indian Tribe governed by that Tribal 
        organization.
            ``(2) Rural water, waste disposal, and community facilities 
        loans and grants.--An Indian Tribe operating under a contract 
        described in subsection (a) shall be eligible for grant and 
        loan programs under section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and 
        Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)).
    ``(c) Self-Determination Contract.--A self-determination contract 
entered into under subsection (a) shall have the same terms and 
conditions, and be subject to the same procedures, regulations, and 
requirements, as a self-determination contract entered into under 
section 102, except that the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Department of Agriculture shall be the appropriate Secretary and agency 
for purposes of a self-determination contract entered into under 
subsection (a).
    ``(d) Technical Assistance.--The Office of Self-Governance of the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs shall provide technical assistance with 
respect to a self-determination contract authorized under subsection 
(a)--
            ``(1) to the Secretary of Agriculture; and
            ``(2) to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations that 
        request that assistance.''.
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