,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aghj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ca       
7legislative day1 ,may #cj71 #bjbc,mr4  
,mullin 7for himself and ,ms4 ,smith7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,indian ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,indian           
,self-,determination and ,education     
,assistance ,act to allow the ,secretary
 of ,agriculture to enter into          
self-determination contracts with       
,tribal organizations to carry out the  
authority of the ,food ,safety and      
,inspection ,service1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,promoting          
,regulatory ,independence1 ,mastery1 and
 ,expansion for ,meat ,processing in    
,indian ,country ,act or the ,,prime    
,meat ,processing in ,indian ,country   
,act4  #b4 ,self-determination for ,food
 ,safety and ,inspection ,service       
authority ,title ,i of the ,indian      

,self-,determination and ,education     
,assistance ,act 7#be ,u4,s4,c4 #ecba et
 seq47 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  #aab4                   
,self-determination for ,food ,safety   
and ,inspection ,service authority  7a7 
,food ,safety and ,inspection ,service  
self-determination authorized ,the      
,secretary of ,agriculture shall enter  
into self-determination contracts1 in   
accordance with subsection 7c71 with    
,tribal organizations1 on the request of
 any ,indian ,tribe1 by ,tribal         
resolution1 subject to subsection 7b71  
to carry out the authority of the ,food 
,safety and ,inspection ,service under  
the ,federal ,meat ,inspection ,act 7#ba
 ,u4,s4,c4 #fja et seq47 and the        
,agricultural ,marketing ,act of #aidf  
7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #afba et seq474  7b7 ,food
 ,safety and ,inspection ,service       
contracts  7#a7 ,in general ,a ,tribal  
organization seeking to enter into a    
self-determination contract described in
 subsection 7a7 shall1 before requesting

 to enter into that contract1 adopt1 by 
,tribal resolution1 a food and          
agriculture code approved by the        
,secretary of ,agriculture1 after which 
the ,secretary of ,agriculture shall    
exercise the authority of the ,secretary
 of ,agriculture under ,public ,law     
#hg-gah 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #afcc7 with       
respect to the ,indian ,tribe governed  
by that ,tribal organization4  7#b7     
,rural water1 waste disposal1 and       
community facilities loans and grants   
,an ,indian ,tribe operating under a    
contract described in subsection 7a7    
shall be eligible for grant and loan    
programs under section #cjf7;a7 of the  
,consolidated ,farm and ,rural          
,development ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4         
#aibf7;a774  7c7 ,self-,determination   
contract ,a self-determination contract 
entered into under subsection 7a7 shall 
have the same terms and conditions1 and 
be subject to the same procedures1      
regulations1 and requirements1 as a     
self-determination contract entered into

 under section #ajb1 except that the    
,secretary of ,agriculture and the      
,department of ,agriculture shall be the
 appropriate ,secretary and agency for  
purposes of a self-determination        
contract entered into under subsection  
7a74  7d7 ,technical assistance ,the    
,office of ,self-,governance of the     
,bureau of ,indian ,affairs shall       
provide technical assistance with       
respect to a self-determination contract
 authorized under subsection 7a7-- 7#a7 
to the ,secretary of ,agriculture2 and  
7#b7 to ,indian ,tribes and ,tribal     
organizations that request that         
assistance4  4