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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 2744
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Mr. THUNE) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry
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-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘U.S. Beef Integrity
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PRODUCT OF U.S.A. LABEL FOR BEEF.
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Section 7 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21
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U.S.C. 607) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(g) PRODUCT OF THE UNITED STATES LABEL FOR
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BEEF.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
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the label of meat of cattle or a meat food product
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of cattle may bear the phrase ‘Product of U.S.A.’,
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or any substantially similar word or phrase, only if
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the meat or meat food product is exclusively derived
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from 1 or more cattle exclusively born, raised, and
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slaughtered in the United States.
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‘‘(2) INAPPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall
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not apply to meat of cattle or a meat food product
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of cattle that is intended and offered for export to
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a foreign country.’’.
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