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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1258 
To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Meat Inspec-
tion Act to support small and very small meat and poultry processing 
establishments, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 23, 2021 
Ms. PINGREE (for herself, Mr. FORTENBERRY, and Ms. KUSTER) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Fed-
eral Meat Inspection Act to support small and very small 
meat and poultry processing establishments, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Local 
Processing Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. HACCP GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES FOR SMALLER 
AND VERY SMALL POULTRY AND MEAT ES-
TABLISHMENTS. 
(a) POULTRY ESTABLISHMENTS.—The Poultry Prod-
ucts Inspection Act is amended by inserting after section 
14 (21 U.S.C. 463) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 14A. SMALLER AND VERY SMALL ESTABLISHMENT 
GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS
OF SMALLER ESTABLISHMENT 
AND VERY SMALL ESTABLISHMENT.—In this section, the 
terms ‘smaller establishment’ and ‘very small establish-
ment’ have the meanings given those terms in the final 
rule entitled ‘Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and 
Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems’ (61 Fed. Reg. 
38806 (July 25, 1996)). 
‘‘(b) DATABASE OF STUDIES; MODEL PLANS.—Not 
later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
section, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) establish a free, searchable database of ap-
proved peer-reviewed validation studies accessible to 
smaller establishments and very small establish-
ments subject to inspection under this Act for use 
in developing a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control 
Points plan; and 
‘‘(2) publish online scale-appropriate model 
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plans 
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for smaller establishments and very small establish-
ments, including model plans for— 
‘‘(A) slaughter-only establishments; 
‘‘(B) processing-only establishments; and 
‘‘(C) slaughter and processing establish-
ments. 
‘‘(c) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall pub-
lish a guidance document, after notice and an opportunity 
for public comment, providing information on the require-
ments that need to be met for smaller establishments and 
very small establishments to receive approval for a Hazard 
Analysis and Critical Control Points Plan pursuant to this 
Act.’’. 
(b) MEAT ESTABLISHMENTS.—The Federal Meat In-
spection Act is amended by inserting after section 25 (21 
U.S.C. 625) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 26. SMALLER AND VERY SMALL ESTABLISHMENT 
GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS
OF SMALLER ESTABLISHMENT 
AND VERY SMALL ESTABLISHMENT.—In this section, the 
terms ‘smaller establishment’ and ‘very small establish-
ment’ have the meanings given those terms in the final 
rule entitled ‘Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and 
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Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems’ (61 Fed. Reg. 
38806 (July 25, 1996)). 
‘‘(b) DATABASE OF STUDIES; MODEL PLANS.—Not 
later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
section, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) establish a free, searchable database of ap-
proved peer-reviewed validation studies accessible to 
smaller establishments and very small establish-
ments subject to inspection under this Act for use 
in developing a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control 
Points plan; and 
‘‘(2) publish online scale-appropriate model 
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plans 
for smaller establishments and very small establish-
ments, including model plans for— 
‘‘(A) slaughter-only establishments; 
‘‘(B) processing-only establishments; and 
‘‘(C) slaughter and processing establish-
ments. 
‘‘(c) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall pub-
lish a guidance document, after notice and an opportunity 
for public comment, providing information on the require-
ments that need to be met for smaller establishments and 
very small establishments to receive approval for a Hazard 
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Analysis and Critical Control Points Plan pursuant to this 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 3. INCREASING MAXIMUM FEDERAL SHARE FOR EX-
PENSES OF STATE INSPECTION. 
(a) POULTRY PRODUCTS.—Section 5(a)(3) of the 
Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 454(a)(3)) is 
amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘50 per cen-
tum’’ and inserting ‘‘65 percent’’. 
(b) MEAT AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS.—Section 
301(a)(3) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 
661(a)(3)) is amended in the second sentence by striking 
‘‘50 per centum’’ and inserting ‘‘65 percent’’. 
SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE INTERSTATE SHIPMENT OF POUL-
TRY AND MEAT. 
(a) POULTRY PRODUCTS.—Section 31 of the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 472) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘25 em-
ployees’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘50 employees’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘25’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘25’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’; and 
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(iii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking 
‘‘more than 25 employees but less 
than 35 employees’’ and inserting 
‘‘more than 50 employees but less 
than 70 employees’’; and 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking 
‘‘subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (j)’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘60 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘80 percent’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (j)’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) 
as subsections (g) through (j), respectively; and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) FEDERAL OUTREACH.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In each of fiscal years 
2021 through 2024, for the purpose of State partici-
pation in the Cooperative Interstate Shipment pro-
gram, the Secretary shall conduct outreach to, and, 
as appropriate, subsequent negotiation with, not 
fewer than 25 percent of the States that— 
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