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S 1720 116th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Administrative law and regulatory procedures Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Intergovernmental relations Meat State and local government operations

New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2019

Introduced: June 5, 2019 Introduced by: Rounds, Mike Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Jun 5, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jun 5, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2019

This bill allows meat and poultry products inspected by State Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to be sold in interstate commerce. (Under the inspection programs, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service allows states that meet certain requirements to inspect meat and poultry. 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 June 5, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7162 Related bill Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 1 Republican 7 Independent 1
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Jul 23, 2020
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jul 20, 2020
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 13, 2020
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · May 12, 2020
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · May 7, 2020
 R
Daines, Steve
Montana · May 7, 2020
 R
Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Jun 5, 2019
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Jun 5, 2019
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Jun 5, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1720: New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1720/
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"S. 1720: New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1720/.
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S. 1720, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1720/.
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