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118th Congress Agriculture and Food

S. 846: New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2023

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Mar 16, 2023
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, Mar 16, 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.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

0 votes on this bill

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

12

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Mike Rounds R-SD SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History

  1. Mar 16, 2023Introduced in the Senate by Mike Rounds.
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  1. Mar 16, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 16, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.