Skip to main content
S 1496 119th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food

New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2025

Introduced: April 10, 2025 Introduced by: Rounds, Mike Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 10, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced in Senate
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2025

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 10, 2025

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

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 1 Republican 7 Independent 1
R
Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Apr 10, 2025
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Apr 10, 2025
 R
Daines, Steve
Montana · Apr 10, 2025
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 10, 2025
 R
Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Apr 10, 2025
 I
King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Apr 10, 2025
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Apr 10, 2025
 D
Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Apr 10, 2025
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Apr 10, 2025
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1496: New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1496/
MLA
"S. 1496: New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1496/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 1496, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1496/.
Markdown link
[S. 1496: New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1496/)
Report a problem