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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 8431 (Introduced in House) — To support small and very small meat and poultry processing establishments, and for other purposes. · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Cooperative interstate shipment

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Section 31 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 472 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (2), by striking 25 employees each place it appears in subparagraphs
(A)and (C)(iii)(I) and inserting 50 employees ; and in paragraph (3)— in the paragraph heading, by striking and inserting 25 employees ; 50 employees in subparagraph (A), by striking 25 employees and inserting 50 employees ; and in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking more than 25 employees but less than 35 employees and inserting more than 50 employees but less than 70 employees ; in subsection (c), by striking 60 percent and inserting 80 percent ; by redesignating subsections
(f)through
(i)as subsections
(g)through (j); and by inserting after subsection
(e)the following: For each of fiscal years 2021 through 2024, the Secretary shall conduct outreach to, and where appropriate subsequent negotiation with, no fewer than 25 percent of the States which have a State poultry product inspection program that meets the criteria specified under section 5 but which does not yet have an establishment that has been selected as a selected establishment under this section. At the conclusion of each fiscal year referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a report detailing the activities and results of the outreach conducted during that fiscal year to— the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. . Section 501 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 683 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (2), by striking 25 employees each place it appears in subparagraphs
(A)and (C)(iii)(I) and inserting 50 employees ; and in paragraph (3)— in the paragraph heading, by striking and inserting 25 employees ; 50 employees in subparagraph (A), by striking 25 employees and inserting 50 employees ; and in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking more than 25 employees but less than 35 employees and inserting more than 50 employees but less than 70 employees ; in subsection (c), by striking 60 percent and inserting 80 percent ; and in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following; For each of fiscal years 2021 through 2024, the Secretary shall conduct outreach to, and where appropriate subsequent negotiation with, no fewer than 25 percent of the States which have a State meat and meat food product inspection program that meets the criteria specified under section 301 but which does not yet have an establishment that has been selected as a selected establishment under this section. At the conclusion of each fiscal year referred to in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit a report detailing the activities and results of the outreach conducted during that fiscal year to— the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. .
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