A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to authorize Tribal meat inspection under that Act by Tribal personnel, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3994 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3994 To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to authorize Tribal meat inspection under that Act by Tribal personnel, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 4, 2026 Mr. Mullin (for himself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to authorize Tribal meat inspection under that Act by Tribal personnel, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Regulatory Independence, Mastery, and Expansion for Meat Processing in Indian Country Act'' or the ``PRIME Meat Processing in Indian Country Act''. SEC. 2. TRIBAL MEAT INSPECTIONS. (a) In General.--Title IV of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 671 et seq.) is amended-- (1) by redesignating section 411 (21 U.S.C. 680) as section 412; and (2) by inserting after section 410 (21 U.S.C. 679a) the following: ``SEC. 411. TRIBAL MEAT INSPECTIONS. ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Covered activities.--The term `covered activities', with respect to the inspection of meat food products under this Act, means-- ``(A) the hiring and training, in accordance with relevant training standards of the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture, of Tribal personnel to conduct, at covered facilities, any inspections required under this Act that would otherwise be carried out by inspectors appointed by the Secretary; and ``(B) the conduct of those inspections by those Tribal personnel at covered facilities. ``(2) Cov