U.S.A. Beef Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1604 To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to modify requirements for a meat food product of cattle to bear a ‘‘Product of U.S.A.’’ label, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 14, 2023 Mr. ROSENDALE (for himself, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mrs. BOEBERT, and Mrs. MILLER of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to modify re- quirements for a meat food product of cattle to bear a ‘‘Product of U.S.A.’’ label, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘U.S.A. Beef Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. PRODUCT OF U.S.A. LABEL FOR BEEF. 5 Section 7 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 6 U.S.C. 607) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 7 lowing: 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:08 Mar 29, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1604.IH H1604 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1604 IH ‘‘(g) PRODUCT OF THE UNITED STATES LABEL FOR 1 BEEF.— 2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 3 the label of meat of cattle or a meat food product 4 of cattle may bear the phrase ‘Product of U.S.A.’, 5 or any substantially similar word or phrase, only if 6 the meat or meat food product is exclusively derived 7 from 1 or more cattle exclusively born, raised, and 8 slaughtered in the United States. 9 ‘‘(2) INAPPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall 10 not apply to meat of cattle or a meat food product 11 of cattle that is intended and offered for export to 12 a foreign country.’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:08 Mar 29, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1604.IH H1604 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS