S 1333
109th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Administrative procedure
Agriculture in foreign trade
Animals
Business records
Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Fines (Penalties)
Food industry
Foreign Trade and International Finance
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Government Operations and Politics
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Labeling
Law
Livestock
Meat
Meat Promotion Act of 2005
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 29, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jun 29, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7632-7633)
Jun 29, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Meat Promotion Act of 2005 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to replace current mandatory country of origin labeling requirements with a voluntary country of origin labeling program for meat and meat products.
Sets forth: (1) limitations on use of United States country of origin labels; and (2) civil penalties for program violations.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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