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HR 5246 117th Congress House Agriculture and Food

Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2021

Introduced: September 14, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 5, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Sep 14, 2021
Introduced in House
Sep 14, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2021

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 October 5, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1998 Related bill Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2021
  • S 107 Related bill New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2021
 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 · Sep 14, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5246: Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5246/
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"H.R. 5246: Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5246/.
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H.R. 5246, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5246/.
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