S 480
118th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
A bill to require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the threat to food safety and animal health posed by beef imported from Brazil, and for other purposes.
Introduced: February 16, 2023
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 16, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Feb 16, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a working group to (1) evaluate the food safety and animal health threat posed by beef imported from Brazil, and (2) make recommendations regarding whether or not the importation of beef from Brazil should be permitted. The bill also suspends imports of beef from Brazil until the working group submits its recommendations to USDA.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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