; (2) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; (3) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 12114. Pilot program to support custom slaughter establishments (a) In general (1) State operated pilot program Upon the receipt of an application from a custom exempt facility and subject to the requirements specified in subsection (c), a State department of agriculture may operate a pilot program to allow such custom facility to sell slaughtered meat and meat food products (referred to in this section as meat products ) directly to consumers within the State in which the facility is located in accordance with the pilot program. (2) Lack of a state pilot program If a State department of agriculture does not elect to operate a pilot program, the Secretary shall, upon request from a custom exempt facility in such a State, operate a pilot program administered by the Secretary for that State in accordance with this section. (b) Allowable number of facilities (1) Initial approval Except as provided in paragraph (2)— (A) a State department of agriculture may approve not more than 5 facilities in such State for participation in a pilot program established under subsection (a)(1); and (B) the Secretary may approve not more than 10 facilities to participate in all pilot programs established under subsection (a)(2). (2) Subsequent approval of facilities Not less than 2 years after the establishment of a pilot program, a State department of agriculture or the Secretary may, if no product produced at a facility that was initially approved under paragraph (1) for participation in such pilot program has been subject to an emergency action under subsection (f) during the 2-year period following such establishment, approve— (A) in the case of a State department of agriculture, not more than 5 additional facilities in the respective State