,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdbe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #cj1 #bjbj,mr4 
,johnson of ,south ,dakota 7for himself 
and ,mr4 ,cuellar7 introduced the       
following bill2 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 internet sales of certain
 ,state-inspected meat1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,direct ,interstate 
,retail ,exemption for ,certain         
,transactions ,act or the ,,direct ,act4
  #b4 ,interstate internet sales of     
certain ,state-inspected meat allowed   
7a7 ,in general ,section #cja7;c77#b7 of
 the ,federal ,meat ,inspection ,act    
7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #ffa7;c77#b77 is amended1
 by inserting after the first sentence1 
the following3 ,for the purposes of this
 subparagraph1 any retail store1        
restaurant1 or similar retail-type      

establishment may sell over the internet
 and ship by carrier in commerce 7other 
than for export to a foreign country7   
any ,state-inspected meat or meat food  
product1 provided the meat or meat food 
product so inspected is shipped directly
 to household consumers and in normal   
retail quantities44  7b7 ,conforming    
amendments ,section #cja of the ,federal
 ,meat ,inspection ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4  
#ffa7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection   
7a77#a71 by inserting before the period 
at the end the following3 or for        
distribution pursuant to the second     
sentence of paragraph 7c77#b72 and  7#b7
 in subsection 7c77#b71 in the first    
sentence1 by inserting or by after      
conducted at4  #c4 ,interstate internet 
sales of certain ,state-inspected       
poultry allowed  7a7 ,in general        
,section #e7;c77#b7 of the ,poultry     
,products ,inspection ,act 7#ba         
,u4,s4,c4 #ded7;c77#b77 is amended1 by  
inserting after the first sentence1 the 
following3 ,for the purposes of this    

subparagraph1 any retail store1         
restaurant1 or similar retail-type      
establishment may sell over the internet
 and ship by carrier in commerce 7other 
than for export to a foreign country7   
any ,state-inspected poultry product1   
provided the poultry product so         
inspected is shipped directly to        
household consumers and in normal retail
 quantities44  7b7 ,conforming          
amendments ,section #e of the ,poultry  
,products ,inspection ,act 7#ba         
,u4,s4,c4 #ded7 is amended-- 7#a7 in    
subsection 7a77#a71 by inserting before 
the period at the end the following3 or 
for distribution pursuant to the second 
sentence of paragraph 7c77#b72 and  7#b7
 in subsection 7c77#b71 in the first    
sentence1 by inserting or by after      
conducted at4