HR 2103
105th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Meat inspection
Meat packing industry
Poultry industry
Poultry inspection
State laws
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to provide for the eventual removal of intrastate distribution restrictions on State inspected meat and poultry.
Introduced: June 26, 1997
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 7, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.
Jun 26, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jun 26, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to remove intrastate distribution restrictions on State inspected meat and poultry as of a specified future date. Authorizes early waiver of such restrictions if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that a State's inspection and sanitation requirements are at least equal to appropriate Federal requirements.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry.
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