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HR 1116 119th Congress House Agriculture and Food

REAL Meat Act of 2025

Introduced: February 7, 2025 Introduced by: Davidson, Warren Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Feb 7, 2025
Introduced in House
Feb 7, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Right to Eat Authentic and Legitimate Meat Act of 2025 or the REAL Meat Act of 2025

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to support, directly or indirectly, the production, advancement, or enhancement of cell-cultured meat. Under the bill, cell-cultured meat means meat that is sourced from the cells of animals and artificially produced in a laboratory.

The bill includes an exemption for federal funds of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that are used for activities related to cell-cultured meat that is intended for off-planet consumption.

What's happening now March 14, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1116: REAL Meat Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1116/
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"H.R. 1116: REAL Meat Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1116/.
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H.R. 1116, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1116/.
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