I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1998 
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to allow the interstate sale 
of State-inspected meat, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2021 
Ms. CHENEY (for herself and Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to allow the 
interstate sale of State-inspected meat, 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 ‘‘Expanding Markets 
for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. STATE-INSPECTED MEAT. 
Section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 661) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section designation and in-
serting the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 301. SALE OF INSPECTED MEAT AND MEAT FOOD 
PRODUCTS.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘In furtherance of this pol-
icy’’ in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and 
all that follows through ‘‘(1) The Secretary’’ in 
paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) STATE PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(a) It is’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(a) STATE MEAT INSPECTION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) POLICY.—It is’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (1)(B) (as so des-
ignated)— 
(i) in clause (i) (as so designated), by 
striking ‘‘solely for distribution within such 
State’’ and inserting ‘‘for distribution’’; 
and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) INTERSTATE COMMERCE.— 
‘‘(I) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this 
Act, the Secretary may allow the ship-
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ment in interstate commerce of car-
casses, parts of carcasses, meat, and 
meat food products inspected under 
the State meat inspection program de-
scribed in clause (i). 
‘‘(II) ACCEPTANCE
OF
INTER-
STATE
SHIPMENTS
OF
MEAT
AND 
MEAT
FOOD
PRODUCTS.—Notwith-
standing any provision of State law, a 
State or local government shall not 
prohibit or restrict the movement or 
sale of meat or meat food products 
that have been inspected and passed 
in accordance with this Act for inter-
state commerce.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(b) The ap-
propriate’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) COOPERATION OF STATE AGENCY.—The appro-
priate’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(c)(1) If the Secretary’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) 
ENFORCEMENT
OF
FEDERAL
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION OF STATES.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) (as so designated)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A) (as so des-
ignated)— 
(I) in the first sentence, by strik-
ing ‘‘solely for distribution within 
such State’’ and inserting ‘‘for dis-
tribution’’; and 
(II) in the second sentence, by 
striking ‘‘If the Secretary’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(B) DESIGNATION OF STATES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided under clause (ii), if the Secretary’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B) (as so des-
ignated)— 
(I) in clause (i) (as so des-
ignated)— 
(aa) in the first sentence, by 
striking ‘‘wholly’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘State; Pro-
vided, That if’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘State. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—If’’; and 
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(II) in clause (ii) (as so des-
ignated)— 
(aa) in the first sentence— 
(AA) by striking ‘‘such 
designation’’ and inserting 
‘‘a designation made under 
clause (i)’’; and 
(BB) by striking ‘‘he’’ 
each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the Secretary’’; and 
(bb) in the second sentence, 
by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) PUBLICATION
OF
DESIGNATION.— 
The Secretary shall’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C) (as so des-
ignated)— 
(I) in the first sentence— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘if such’’; 
and 
(bb) 
by 
striking 
‘‘were’’ 
after ‘‘transactions’’; and 
(II) in the second sentence, by 
striking ‘‘Thereafter, upon request’’ 
and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(D) REVOCATION OF DESIGNATION.—On 
request’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (D) (as so des-
ignated)— 
(I) in the first sentence, by strik-
ing ‘‘such designation’’ and inserting 
‘‘a designation made under subpara-
graph (B)(i)’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘title IV of this 
Act: And provided further, That, not-
withstanding’’; and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘title IV. 
‘‘(E) ADULTERATED MEAT OR MEAT FOOD 
PRODUCT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding’’; 
and 
(v) in subparagraph (E) (as so des-
ignated)— 
(I) in clause (i) (as so des-
ignated)— 
(aa) in the first sentence— 
(AA) by striking ‘‘with-
in such State’’; and 
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(BB) by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 301 of the Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘this section’’; and 
(bb) in the second sentence, 
by striking ‘‘If the State’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(ii) ENFORCEMENT.—If the State’’; 
and 
(II) in clause (ii) (as so des-
ignated), by striking ‘‘as though en-
gaged in commerce’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) The 
provisions’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS TO INSPECTION.—The provi-
sions’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(3) Whenever’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(3) TERMINATION OF DESIGNATION.—If’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Secretary’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘(4) The 
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—The Secretary’’; and 
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(5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(d) As used 
in’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF STATE.—In’’. 
Æ 
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