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HR 4879 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Administrative law and regulatory procedures Civil actions and liability Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Intergovernmental relations State and local government operations

Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 2018

Introduced: January 25, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 8, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Feb 7, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Jan 25, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 25, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 2018

This bill prohibits a state or local government from imposing a standard or condition on the production or manufacture of agricultural products sold or offered for sale in interstate commerce if: (1) the production or manufacture occurs in another state, and (2) the standard or condition adds to standards or conditions applicable under federal law and the laws of the state or locality in which the production or manufacture occurs.

The bill also allows private rights of action to challenge state or local regulations relating to agricultural goods sold in interstate commerce.

What's happening now February 8, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3599 Related bill Protect Interstate Commerce Act
  • HR 2 Related bill Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 1
Blum, Rod
· Feb 13, 2018
GOODLATTE, ROBERT
· Jan 25, 2018
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Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Jan 25, 2018
Pittenger, Robert
· Jan 25, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4879: Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4879/
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"H.R. 4879: Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4879/.
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H.R. 4879, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4879/.
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