[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5385]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-454. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature 
     of the State of Kansas relative to the shipment of state-
     inspected meat and meat products and the number of poultry to 
     be slaughtered at home for sale to the consumer; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

                  House Concurrent Resolution No. 5050

       Whereas, All regulations for state inspected commercial 
     meat plants must be equal to or more strict than the federal 
     regulations; and
       Whereas, Since state inspected meat and meat products must 
     be equal to the federal regulations, meat and meat products 
     should be allowed to be shipped across state lines; and
       Whereas, Currently, annually, only 1,000 poultry may be 
     slaughtered at home and offered for sale to the consumer; and
       Whereas, To meet current consumer demand, such number 
     should be increased to 3,000 poultry: Now, therefore,
       Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State 
     of Kansas, the Senate concurring therein: That Congress pass 
     legislation allowing state-inspected meat and meat products 
     to be shipped interstate; and
       Be it further resolved: That Congress pass legislation 
     increasing the number of poultry to be slaughtered at home 
     from 1,000 to 3,000; and
       Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of the State be 
     directed to send enrolled copies of this resolution to the 
     President of the United States; the Vice-President of the 
     United States; Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the 
     United States Senate; the Speaker, Majority Leader and 
     Minority Leader of the United States House of Representative; 
     the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture; 
     and to each member of the Kansas Congressional Delegation.

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