HR 1617
106th 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: April 28, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 11, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Apr 28, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Apr 28, 1999
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 by a specified date. Requires early waiver of such restrictions for States meeting specified inspection, reinspection, and sanitation criteria.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
Committees of jurisdiction
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