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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1574

To extend the inspection requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act

to rabbits produced for human consumption.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 27, 1999

Mr. HILLIARD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To extend the inspection requirements of the Federal Meat

Inspection Act to rabbits produced for human consumption.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCES.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘Rabbit Inspection Act of 1999’’.

6 (b) REFERENCES.—Whenever in this Act an amend7 ment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section

8 or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be

9 made to a section or other provision of the Federal Meat

10 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).
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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

2 Section 1 (21 U.S.C. 601) is amended—

3 (1) by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’ each

4 place it appears in subsections (c), (d), and (e); and

5 (2) in subsection (j)—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘or goats,’’ in the first sen7 tence and inserting ‘‘goats, or rabbits,’’; and

8 (B) by striking ‘‘and goats’’ in the second

9 sentence and inserting ‘‘goats, and rabbits’’.

10 SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

11 Section 2 (21 U.S.C. 602) is amended by striking

12 ‘‘livestock producers’’ in the fourth sentence and inserting

13 ‘‘livestock and rabbit producers’’.

14 SEC. 4. PREENTRANCE EXAMINATION.

15 Section 3 (21 U.S.C. 603) is amended—

16 (1) by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’ each

17 place it appears in subsections (a) and (b); and

18 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or rabbits’’

19 after ‘‘livestock’’ both places it appears.

20 SEC. 5. POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION.

21 Section 4 (21 U.S.C. 604) is amended in the first

22 sentence by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’.

23 SEC. 6. CARCASSES BROUGHT TO PROCESSING PLANTS.

24 Section 5 (21 U.S.C. 605) is amended in the first

25 sentence by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’.
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1 SEC. 7. SANITARY INSPECTION.

2 Section 8 (21 U.S.C. 608) is amended in the first

3 sentence by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’.

4 SEC. 8. EVENING INSPECTIONS.

5 Section 9 (21 U.S.C. 609) is amended by inserting

6 ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’ both places it appears.

7 SEC. 9. PROHIBITED ACTS.

8 Section 10 (21 U.S.C. 610) is amended in the matter

9 preceding the subsections by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after

10 ‘‘goats,’’.

11 SEC. 10. INSPECTION FOR EXPORT.

12 Sections 12 and 15 (21 U.S.C. 612, 615) are amend13 ed by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’ each place it ap14 pears.

15 SEC. 11. INSPECTORS.

16 Sections 13, 16, and 21 (21 U.S.C. 613, 616, 621)

17 are amended by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’ each

18 place it appears.

19 SEC. 12. CLEARANCE FOR EXPORT.

20 Sections 14 and 17 (21 U.S.C. 614, 617) are amend21 ed by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’ each place it ap22 pears.

23 SEC. 13. CERTIFICATES OF INSPECTION.

24 Section 18 (21 U.S.C. 618) is amended by inserting

25 ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’ both places it appears.
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1 SEC. 14. LABELING.

2 Section 19 (21 U.S.C. 619) is amended by striking

3 ‘‘or goats’’ in the second sentence and inserting ‘‘goats,

4 or rabbits’’.

5 SEC. 15. IMPORTS.

6 Section 20 (21 U.S.C. 620) is amended—

7 (1) by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’ each

8 place it appears in subsections (a), (f), (g), and

9 (h)(1); and

10 (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or rabbits’’

11 after ‘‘livestock’’ in the second sentence.

12 SEC. 16. EXEMPTIONS FROM INSPECTIONS.

13 Section 23(a) (21 U.S.C. 623(a)) is amended by

14 striking ‘‘or goats’’ both places it appears and inserting

15 ‘‘goats, or rabbits’’.

16 SEC. 17. STORAGE AND HANDLING.

17 Section 24 (21 U.S.C. 624) is amended in the first

18 sentence by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’.

19 SEC. 18. WHEN NOT INTENDED FOR USE AS HUMAN FOOD.

20 Section 201 (21 U.S.C. 641) is amended in the first

21 sentence by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’.

22 SEC. 19. RECORDKEEPING.

23 Section 202(a) (21 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended in

24 paragraphs (1) and (3) by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after

25 ‘‘goats,’’.
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1 SEC. 20. REGISTRATION.

2 Section 203 (21 U.S.C. 643) is amended by inserting

3 ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’.

4 SEC. 21. REGULATION OF 4–D ANIMALS.

5 Section 204 (21 U.S.C. 644) is amended by inserting

6 ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’.

7 SEC. 22. FEDERAL AND STATE COOPERATION.

8 Section 301 (21 U.S.C. 661) is amended in sub9 sections (a)(1) and (c)(1) by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after

10 ‘‘goats,’’.

11 SEC. 23. ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTIONS.

12 Section 402 (21 U.S.C. 672) is amended—

13 (1) by inserting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’; and

14 (2) by inserting ‘‘rabbit,’’ after ‘‘goat,’’.

15 SEC. 24. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COS16 METIC ACT.

17 Section 409(b) (21 U.S.C. 679(b)) is amended by in18 serting ‘‘rabbits,’’ after ‘‘goats,’’.

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