To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish.

Bill: 113-hr-1313
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-21
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion

Aquaculture
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Repeals a provision of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 establishing an inspection and grading program for catfish and other species of farm-raised fish or shellfish effective on the date of enactment of such Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1313 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2013 Mrs. Hartzler (for herself, Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Farr , Ms. Pingree of Maine , Mr. Huizenga of Michigan , Mr. McIntyre , Mr. Wittman , Ms. Tsongas , Mr. Huelskamp , Mrs. Ellmers , Mr. Kingston , Mr. Benishek , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Webster of Florida , Mrs. Blackburn , Ms. Kuster , Ms. Brown of Florida , Mr. Westmoreland , Mr. Keating , Mrs. Negrete McLeod , Mr. Collins of New York , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mr. Dingell , Mr. Ribble , Mr. King of Iowa , and Mr. Roskam ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a duplicative program relating to inspection and grading of catfish.

1. Repeal of duplicative catfish inspection program (a) In general Effective on the date of the enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.), section 11016 of such Act ( Public Law 110–246 ; 122 Stat. 2130) and the amendments made by such section are repealed. (b) Application The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) and the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) shall be applied and administered as if section 11016 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2130) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) and the amendments made by such section had not been enacted.