S. 1720: New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2019
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S. 1720: New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2019
116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-05 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2019
Plain summary
New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2019 This bill allows meat and poultry products inspected by State Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to be sold in interstate commerce. (Under the inspection programs, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service allows states that meet certain requirements to inspect meat and poultry. The state-inspected products are currently limited to intrastate commerce, unless a state opts into a separate Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program.)
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Official text
New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2019
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] · 12 cosponsors
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Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), John Thune (R-SD), John Barrasso (R-WY), Steve Daines (R-MT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Tina Smith (D-MN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Tim Scott (R-SC)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] reported raising $3.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s1720.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s1720 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116