119-hr4700

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4700 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4700

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt from inspection the 
 slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses conducted at a 
 custom slaughter facility, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 23, 2025

Mr. Massie (for himself, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. 
 Perry, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Burchett, Ms. Hageman, Ms. Greene of Georgia, 
Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Roy, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Self, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Cloud, Mr. 
 Davidson, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Cline, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Gill of 
 Texas, Mr. Ogles, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Grothman, Ms. Lee of 
 Florida, Ms. Mace, Mr. Nehls, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. McClintock, Mrs. 
 Spartz, Mr. Mills, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. 
Clyde, Ms. Salazar, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. 
 Carter of Texas, Mr. Valadao, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
Golden of Maine, Mr. Huffman, and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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 A BILL

To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to exempt from inspection the 
 slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses conducted at a 
 custom slaughter facility, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Processing Revival and Intrastate 
Meat Exemption Act'' or the ``PRIME Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FOR SLAUGHTER AND PREPARATION OCCURRING AT CUSTOM 
 SLAUGHTER FACILITIES.

 

Section 23 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 623) is 
amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraphs

    (b) ,
            (c) , and
            (d) as 
 paragraphs
            (c) ,
            (d) , and

    (e) , respectively;

    (2) by inserting after paragraph

    (a) the following new 
 paragraph:
 ``

    (b)

    (1) The provisions of this title requiring inspection of the 
slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts 
thereof, meat and meat food products at establishments conducting such 
operations for commerce shall not apply to the slaughtering by any 
person of animals at a custom slaughter facility, and the preparation 
at such custom slaughter facility and transportation in commerce of the 
carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals 
if--
 ``
        (A) the slaughtering and preparation carried out at such 
 custom slaughter facility is carried out in accordance with the 
 law of the State in which the custom slaughter facility is 
 located; and
 ``
        (B) the animals are so slaughtered and the carcasses, 
 parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals are 
 so prepared exclusively for distribution to--
 ``
            (i) household consumers within the State; and
 ``
            (ii) restaurants, hotels, boarding houses, 
 grocery stores, or other establishments located in such 
 State that--
 ``
            (I) are involved in the preparation of 
 meals served directly to consumers; or
 ``
            (II) offer meat and meat food products 
 for sale directly to consumers in the State.
 ``

    (2) For purposes of subparagraph

    (1) , the term `State' means each 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and each 
territory or possession of the United States.''; and

    (3) in paragraph
            (c) (as redesignated by paragraph

    (1) ), in 
 the second sentence, by striking ``paragraph

    (b) '' and 
 inserting ``paragraph
            (c) ''.

SEC. 3. NO PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW.

 The amendments made by 

section 2 shall not be construed as 
preempting any State law that concerns the slaughter of animals or the 
preparation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at 
a custom slaughter facility, or the sale of meat or meat food products.
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