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H.R. 7425 · 116th Congress

DIRECT Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

12 cosponsors · 1 D, 11 R

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions Act or the DIRECT Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 30, 2020

Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions Act or the DIRECT Act

This bill allows meat and poultry products inspected by State Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to be sold by retail stores, restaurants, or similar retail-type establishments over the internet and shipped by a carrier in commerce (other than for export to a foreign country), provided the meat and poultry products so inspected are shipped directly to household consumers and in normal retail quantities. (Under the inspection programs, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service allows states that meet certain requirements to inspect meat and poultry. The state-inspected products are currently limited to intrastate commerce, unless a state opts into a separate Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program.)

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: DIRECT Act

Also known as: Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions Act

Latest action (Aug 13, 2020): Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 30, 2020

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.