,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aj1     
#bjba,mr4 ,king 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,paul1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mrs4
 ,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,lee1 and ,mr4 ,braun7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and referred to the      
,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 
and ,forestry  ,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        
facility1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,processing ,revival and ,intrastate
 ,meat ,exemption ,act or the ,,prime   
,act4  #b4 ,exemption for slaughter and 
preparation occurring at custom         
slaughter facilities ,section #bc of the
 ,federal ,meat ,inspection ,act 7#ba   
,u4,s4,c4 #fbc7 is amended-- 7#a7 by    
redesignating subsections 7b71 7c71 and 
7d7 as subsections 7c71 7d71 and 7e71   

respectively2  7#b7 by inserting after  
subsection 7a7 the following3  7b7      
,exemption for slaughter and preparation
 occurring at custom slaughter          
facilities  7#a7 ,definition of ,state  
,in this subsection1 the term ,state    
means any ,state or ,territory4  7#b7   
,exemption ,the provisions of this title
 requiring inspection of the slaughter  
of animals and the preparation of the   
carcasses1 parts thereof1 meat1 and meat
 food products at establishments        
conducting those operations for commerce
 shall not apply to the slaughtering by 
any person of animals at a custom       
slaughter facility and the preparation  
at that custom slaughter facility and   
transportation in commerce of the       
carcasses1 parts thereof1 meat1 and meat
 food products of those animals if--    
7,a7 the slaughtering and preparation   
carried out at the custom slaughter     
facility is carried out in accordance   
with the law of the ,state in which the 
custom slaughter facility is located2   

and  7,b7 the animals are slaughtered   
and the carcasses1 parts thereof1 meat1 
and meat food products of the animals   
are prepared exclusively for            
distribution to-- 7i7 household         
consumers within the ,state in which the
 custom slaughter facility is located2  
or  7ii7 restaurants1 hotels1 boarding  
houses1 grocery stores1 or other        
establishments located in the ,state in 
which the custom slaughter facility is  
located that-- 7,i7 are involved in the 
preparation of meals served directly to 
consumers2 or  7,,ii7 offer meat and    
meat food products for sale directly to 
consumers in the ,state4  2 and  7#c7 in
 subsection 7c7 7as so redesignated71 in
 the second sentence1 by striking       
paragraph 7b7 and inserting subsection4 
#c4 ,no preemption of ,state law        
,nothing in an amendment made by section
 #b preempts any ,state law relating    
to-- 7#a7 the slaughter of animals or   
the preparation of carcasses1 parts     
thereof1 meat1 and meat food products at

 a custom slaughter facility2 or  7#b7  
the sale of meat or meat food products4