HR 4973
117th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
U.S.A. Beef Act
Introduced: August 6, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 30, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Aug 6, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Aug 6, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
U.S.A. Beef Act
This bill modifies label requirements for meat food products of cattle.
Specifically, the bill prohibits the label of cattle meat or a meat food product of cattle from bearing the phrase Product of U.S.A. unless such meat or meat food product is exclusively derived from one or more cattle born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States.
The requirement does not apply to cattle meat or a meat food product of cattle that is intended and offered for export to a foreign country.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
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