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21 U.S.C. § 691 — Omitted
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### Statutory Notes
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Section, Pub. L. 90–201, § 17, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 600; Pub. L. 103–437, § 8(3), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588, which required the Secretary of Agriculture to report annually to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate on the slaughter of animals and the processing and distribution of carcasses and products, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under [section 1113 of Title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1113&num=0&edition=prelim), Money and Finance. See, also, page 46 of House Document No. 103–7.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section, Pub. L. 90–201, § 17, Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 600; Pub. L. 103–437, § 8(3), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4588, which required the Secretary of Agriculture to report annually to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate on the slaughter of animals and the processing and distribution of carcasses and products, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under [section 1113 of Title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1113&num=0&edition=prelim), Money and Finance. See, also, page 46 of House Document No. 103–7.
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**(a)**
(1) When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over receipts or appropriations, the President shall provide the committee with assistance and information.
(2) When requested by a committee of Congress, additional information related to the amount of an appropriation originally requested by an Office of Inspector General shall be submitted to the committee.
**(b)** When requested by a committee of Congress, by the Comptroller General, or by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each executive agency shall—
(1) provide information on the location and kind of available fiscal, budget, and program information;
(2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables of that fiscal, budget, and program information and related information the committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office considers necessary; and
(3) provide a program evaluation carried out or commissioned by an executive agency.
**(c)** In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General shall—
(1) establish and maintain a current directory of sources of, and information systems for, fiscal, budget, and program information and a brief description of the contents of each source and system;
(2) when requested, provide assistance to committees of Congress and members of Congress in obtaining information from the sources in the directory; and
(3) when requested, provide assistance to committees and, to the extent practicable, to members of Congress in evaluating the information obtained from the sources in the directory
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**(a) Congressional statement of policy** It is the policy of the Congress to protect the consuming public from meat and meat food products that are adulterated or misbranded and to assist in efforts by State and other Government agencies to accomplish this objective. In furtherance of this policy—
(1) **Development and administration of State meat inspection program equal to subchapter I ante and post mortem inspection, reinspection, and sanitation requirements** — The Secretary is authorized, whenever he determines that it would effectuate the purposes of this chapter, to cooperate with the appropriate State agency in developing and administering a State meat inspection program in any State which has enacted a State meat inspection law that imposes mandatory ante mortem and post mortem inspection, reinspection and sanitation requirements that are at least equal to those under subchapter I of this chapter, with respect to all or certain classes of persons engaged in the State in slaughtering cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or equines, or preparing the carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products, of any such animals for use as human food solely for distribution within such State.
(2) **Development and administration of State program with authorities equal to subchapter II authorities; cooperation with Federal agencies** — The Secretary is further authorized, whenever he determines that it would effectuate the purposes of this chapter, to cooperate with appropriate State agencies in developing and administering State programs under State laws containing authorities at least equal to those provided in subchapter II of this chapter; and to cooperate with other agencies of the United States in carrying out any provisions of this chapter.
(3) **Scope of cooperation:
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TITLE 21—FOOD AND DRUGS
§ 691
shall establish in the Food Safety and Inspec-
tion Service of the Department of Agriculture
a technical assistance division to coordinate
the initiatives of any other appropriate agen-
cy of the Department of Agriculture to pro-
vide—
(A) outreach, education, and training to
very small or certain small establishments
(as defined by the Secretary); and
(B) grants to appropriate State agencies to
provide outreach, technical assistance, edu-
cation, and training to very small or certain
small establishments (as defined by the Sec-
retary).
(2) Personnel
The technical assistance division shall be
comprised of individuals that, as determined
by the Secretary—
(A) are of a quantity sufficient to carry
out the duties of the technical assistance di-
vision; and
(B) possess appropriate qualifications and
expertise relating to the duties of the tech-
nical assistance division.
(g) Transition grants
The Secretary may provide grants to appro-
priate State agencies to assist the appropriate
State agencies in helping establishments cov-
ered by subchapter III to transition to selected
establishments.
(h) Violations
Any selected establishment that the Secretary
determines to be in violation of any requirement
of this chapter shall be transitioned to a Federal
establishment in accordance with a procedure
developed by the Secretary under subsection
(b)(3)(A).
(i) Effect
Nothing in this section limits the jurisdiction
of the Secretary with respect to the regulation
of meat and meat products under this chapter.
(j) Effective date
(1) In general
This section takes effect on the date on
which the Secretary, after providing a period
of public comment (including through the con-
duct of public meetings or hearings), pro
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