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HR 7162 116th Congress House Agriculture and Food Administrative law and regulatory procedures Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Meat State and local government operations

Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2020

Introduced: June 11, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Aug 13, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Jun 11, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jun 11, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2020

This bill allows meat and meat food products inspected by State Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to be sold in interstate commerce. (Under the inspection program, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service allows states that meet certain requirements to inspect meat and meat food products. The state-inspected products are currently limited to intrastate commerce, unless a state opts into a separate Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program.)

What's happening now August 13, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1720 Related bill New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Miller, Carol D.
West Virginia · Jun 11, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7162: Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7162/
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"H.R. 7162: Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7162/.
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H.R. 7162, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7162/.
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