S.1149: A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize the interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the State inspection requirements are at least equal to Federal inspection requirements and to require the Secretary to reimburse State agencies for part of the costs of the inspections.

Please upgrade your Flash Player Home > Federal Government > S.1149 Chief Sponsor: Herb Kohl Tagged in: Agriculture, Business, Federal-state relations, Food, Interstate commerce, Meat inspection, Poultry, State and local government, State laws Latest Update: Friday, October, 10th 2008 Search Site A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize the interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the State inspection requirements are at least equal to Federal inspection requirements and to require the Secretary to reimburse State agencies for part of the costs of the inspections. 4/18/2007--Introduced. Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize the interstate distribution of state inspected meat and poultry if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that state inspection requirements are at least equal to federal inspection requirements. Provides partial state reimbursement for inspection costs. Comment on Bill - Be the first to leave a comment! Latest Actions 04/18/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4693) 04/18/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Bill Text File name Last Updated S.1149 Introduced in Senate 08/31/2007

Important People Sponsor Herb Kohl Co-Sponsor(s) Chuck Grassley John Thune Jon Tester Kent Conrad Max Baucus Russell D. Feingold Tim Johnson Latest News Searching for articles... You can suggest an article. Paste URL. Articles are subject to approval.