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HR 1646 118th Congress House Agriculture and Food

New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2023

Introduced: March 17, 2023 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 19, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Mar 17, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 17, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2023

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 April 19, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 846 Identical bill New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2023
 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 · May 23, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1646: New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1646/
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"H.R. 1646: New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1646/.
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H.R. 1646, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1646/.
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