Title 21 — Food and Drugs
Chapter 10 — Poultry and Poultry Products Inspection
§ 473. Grants for improvements to meat and poultry facilities to allow for interstate shipment
Statutory text
In general
The Secretary shall make grants to meat and poultry slaughter and processing facilities described in subsection (b) (including such facilities operating under State inspection or such facilities that are exempt from Federal inspection) to assist such facilities with respect to costs incurred in making improvements to such facilities and carrying out other planning activities necessary—
to obtain a Federal grant of inspection under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), as applicable; or
to operate as a State-inspected facility that is compliant with—
the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) under the cooperative interstate shipment program established under section 501 of that Act (21 U.S.C. 683); or
the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) under the cooperative interstate shipment program established under section 31 of that Act (21 U.S.C. 472).
Eligible facilities
To be eligible for a grant under this section, a meat or poultry slaughter or processing facility shall be—
in operation as of the date on which the facility submits to the Secretary an application for the grant; and
seeking—
to obtain a Federal grant of inspection described in subsection (a)(1); or
to be eligible for inspection under a cooperative interstate shipment program described in subparagraph (A) or (B), as applicable, of subsection (a)(2), in a State that participates in that program.
Eligible activities
A facility that receives a grant under this section may use the grant amount for—
the modernization or expansion of existing facilities;
the modernization of equipment;
compliance with packaging and labeling requirements under applicable law;
compliance with safety requirements under applicable law;
the development of processes to ensure food safety; and
such other purposes as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
Grant requirements
Amount
The amount of a grant under this section shall not exceed $200,000.
Condition
As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, a grant recipient shall agree that the grant recipient shall make a payment (or payments) to the Secretary in an amount equal to the amount of the grant if the recipient, within 36 months of receiving such grant—
as applicable—
is not subject to inspection under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), as applicable; or
is not eligible for inspection under a cooperative interstate shipment program described in subparagraph (A) or (B), as applicable, of subsection (a)(2); or
is not making a good faith effort to be subject to such inspection or to be eligible under such a cooperative interstate shipment program, as applicable.
Matching funds
In general
The Secretary shall require a recipient of a grant under this section to provide matching non-Federal funds in an amount equal to the amount of the grant.
Exception
The Secretary shall not require any recipient of a grant under this section to provide matching funds with respect to a grant awarded in fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2022.
Reports
Reports on grants made
Beginning not later than 1 year after the date on which the first grant is awarded under this section, and continuing annually thereafter through the year that is 10 years after the date on which the final grant is awarded under this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report on grants made under this section, including—
any facilities that used a grant awarded under this section to carry out eligible activities described in subsection (c) during the year covered by the report; and
the operational status of facilities that were awarded grants under this section.
Report on the cooperative interstate shipment program
Beginning not later than 1 year after , the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report describing any recommendations, developed in consultation with all States, for possible improvements to the cooperative interstate shipment programs under section 501 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 683) and section 31 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 472).
Funding
Of the funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to carry out this section $60,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2021 through 2023, to remain available until expended.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021
Pub. L. 116–260 div. N title VII § 764 · 134 Stat. 1182
Enacted · 21 U.S.C. § 473
Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title VII, § 764, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2115
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title VII, § 764, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2115Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 764. None Poultry products. China. of the funds made available by this Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry products imported into the United States from the People’s Republic of China for use in the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the Summer Food Service Program for Children under section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
Pub. L. 117–103 div. A title VII § 776 · 136 Stat. 49
Inserted · 21 U.S.C. § 473(d)(3)(B)
Pub. L. 117–103 inserted “and fiscal year 2022” after “fiscal year 2021”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (d)(3)(B). Pub. L. 117–103 inserted “and fiscal year 2022” after “fiscal year 2021”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 776. Section 764(d)(3)(B) of division N of Public Law 116–260 is amended 21 USC 473. by inserting “and fiscal year 2022” after “fiscal year 2021” and before the final period.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Federal Meat Inspection Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (2)(A), and (d)(2)(A)(i), is titles I to V of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, as added Pub. L. 90–201, , 81 Stat. 584, and Pub. L. 110–246, title XI, § 11015(a), , 122 Stat. 2124, which are classified generally to subchapters I to IV–A (§ 601 et seq.) of chapter 12 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 601 of this title and Tables.
The Poultry Products Inspection Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (2)(B), and (d)(2)(A)(i), is Pub. L. 85–172, , 71 Stat. 441, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 451 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and not as part of the Poultry Products Inspection Act which comprises this chapter.
Amendments
2022—Subsec. (d)(3)(B). Pub. L. 117–103 inserted “and fiscal year 2022” after “fiscal year 2021”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Definition
For definition of “Secretary” as used in this section, see section 760 of div. N of Pub. L. 116–260, set out as a note under section 5936a of Title 7, Agriculture.
Credits
2020–2022 · 2 acts
- 2020Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title VII, § 764, , 134 Stat. 2115
- 2022Pub. L. 117–103, div. A, title VII, § 776, , 136 Stat. 99.
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(Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title VII, § 764, , 134 Stat. 2115; Pub. L. 117–103, div. A, title VII, § 776, , 136 Stat. 99.)