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.

Subjects: Agriculture and Food

Summary:  <p>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. </p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 480 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 480

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 16, 2023

  Mr. Tester (for himself, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Lujan) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. WORKING GROUP ON BEEF IMPORTED FROM BRAZIL.

    (a) Establishment of Working Group.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
        establish a working group--
                    (A) to evaluate the threat posed by beef and beef 
                products imported from Brazil to food safety and animal 
                health in the United States; and
                    (B) to make recommendations to the Secretary with 
                respect to whether the importation of beef and beef 
                products from Brazil into the United States should be 
                permitted.
            (2) Membership.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
        working group established under paragraph (1) includes--
                    (A) experts on food safety;
                    (B) experts on animal health; and
                    (C) representatives of U.S. Customs and Border 
                Protection and other Federal agencies with 
                responsibilities relating to international trade.
    (b) Temporary Suspension of Imports.--Beef and beef products 
imported from Brazil may not enter the United States during the 
period--
            (1) beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) ending on the date on which the working group 
        established under subsection (a)(1) submits to the Secretary 
        the recommendations required by subparagraph (B) of that 
        subsection.
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