DIRECT Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7425 To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspec- tion Act to allow for the interstate internet sales of certain State- inspected meat, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 30, 2020 Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself and Mr. CUELLAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to allow for the interstate inter- net sales of certain State-inspected meat, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Direct Interstate Re- 4 tail Exemption for Certain Transactions Act’’ or the ‘‘DI- 5 RECT Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Jul 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7425.IH H7425 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7425 IH SEC. 2. INTERSTATE INTERNET SALES OF CERTAIN STATE- 1 INSPECTED MEAT ALLOWED. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(c)(2) of the Federal 3 Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 661(c)(2)) is amended, 4 by inserting after the first sentence, the following: ‘‘For 5 the purposes of this subparagraph, any retail store, res- 6 taurant, or similar retail-type establishment may sell over 7 the internet and ship by carrier in commerce (other than 8 for export to a foreign country) any State-inspected meat 9 or meat food product, provided the meat or meat food 10 product so inspected is shipped directly to household con- 11 sumers and in normal retail quantities.’’. 12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 301 of the 13 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 661) is amend- 14 ed— 15 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting before the 16 period at the end the following: ‘‘or for distribution 17 pursuant to the second sentence of paragraph 18 (c)(2)’’; and 19 (2) in subsection (c)(2), in the first sentence, by 20 inserting ‘‘or by’’ after ‘‘conducted at’’. 21 SEC. 3. INTERSTATE INTERNET SALES OF CERTAIN STATE- 22 INSPECTED POULTRY ALLOWED. 23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(c)(2) of the Poultry 24 Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 454(c)(2)) is amend- 25 ed, by inserting after the first sentence, the following: 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Jul 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7425.IH H7425 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7425 IH ‘‘For the purposes of this subparagraph, any retail store, 1 restaurant, or similar retail-type establishment may sell 2 over the internet and ship by carrier in commerce (other 3 than for export to a foreign country) any State-inspected 4 poultry product, provided the poultry product so inspected 5 is shipped directly to household consumers and in normal 6 retail quantities.’’. 7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5 of the 8 Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 454) is 9 amended— 10 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting before the 11 period at the end the following: ‘‘or for distribution 12 pursuant to the second sentence of paragraph 13 (c)(2)’’; and 14 (2) in subsection (c)(2), in the first sentence, by 15 inserting ‘‘or by’’ after ‘‘conducted at’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:36 Jul 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7425.IH H7425 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS