To permit the interstate distribution of State-inspected meat under appropriate circumstances.

Summary: Safe Interstate Meat Shipment Act - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to permit interstate distribution of state-inspected meat and poultry under specified circumstances.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Interstate Meat Shipment 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL AND STATE COOPERATION WITH RESPECT TO MEAT INSPECTION.

    (a) Waiver of Intrastate Distribution Limitation Under the Federal 
Meat Inspection Act.--Section 301(a) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act 
(21 U.S.C. 661(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(5)(A) Upon application of an appropriate State agency 
        with which the Secretary may cooperate under this Act, the 
        Secretary shall verify that the mandatory requirements of the 
        State's meat inspection program are at least equal to the 
        Federal inspection, reinspection, and sanitation requirements 
        under title I of this Act.
                    ``(B) If the Secretary verifies that the mandatory 
                inspection requirements of the State from which a State 
                agency submits an application under subparagraph (A) 
                are at least equal to Federal inspection requirements--
                            ``(i) the requirement under paragraph (1) 
                        that meat and meat food products inspected 
                        under such State's meat inspection program be 
                        solely for distribution in such State shall not 
                        apply; and
                            ``(ii) the Secretary may perform random 
                        inspections of State-inspected slaughtering, 
                        meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or 
                        similar establishments in such State to ensure 
                        that the State meat inspection program 
                        conducted in such State at least meets the 
                        Federal inspection requirements under title I.
                    ``(C) If after an inspection performed under 
                subparagraph (B) the Secretary determines that a State-
                inspected slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, 
                rendering, or similar establishment is not subject to 
                mandatory inspection requirements at least equal to the 
                substantive Federal inspection requirements under title 
                I of this Act, the requirement under paragraph (1) that 
                meat and meat food products inspected under a State 
                meat inspection program be solely for distribution in 
                such State shall apply to such slaughtering, meat-
                canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar 
                establishment until a subsequent inspection verifies 
                that the establishment is subject to mandatory 
                inspection requirements at least equal to the Federal 
                inspection requirements under title I.''.
    (b) Waiver of Intrastate Distribution Limitation Under the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act.--Section 5(a) of the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 454(a)) is amended by adding the following 
paragraph at the end thereof:
            ``(5)(A) Upon application of an appropriate State agency 
        with which the Secretary may cooperate under this Act, the 
        Secretary shall verify that the mandatory requirements of the 
        State's poultry product inspection program are at least equal 
        to the Federal inspection, reinspection, and sanitation 
        requirements under this Act.
                    ``(B) If the Secretary verifies that the mandatory 
                inspection requirements of the State from which a State 
                agency submits an application under subparagraph (A) 
                are at least equal to Federal inspection requirements--
                            ``(i) the requirement under paragraph (1) 
                        that poultry products inspected under such 
                        State's poultry product inspection program be 
                        solely for distribution in such State shall not 
                        apply; and
                            ``(ii) the Secretary may perform random 
                        inspections of State-inspected official 
                        establishments in such State to ensure that the 
                        State poultry product inspection program 
                        conducted in such State at least meets the 
                        Federal inspection requirements under this Act.
                    ``(C) If after an inspection performed under 
                subparagraph (B) the Secretary determines that a State-
                inspected official establishment is not subject to 
                mandatory inspection requirements at least equal to the 
                substantive Federal inspection requirements under this 
                Act, the requirement under paragraph (1) that poultry 
                and poultry products inspected under a State poultry 
                product inspection program be solely for distribution 
                in such State shall apply to such official 
                establishment until a subsequent inspection verifies 
                that the official establishment is subject to mandatory 
                inspection requirements at least equal to the Federal 
                inspection requirements under this Act.''.