I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5818 
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to prohibit retailers from 
designating the United States as the country of origin of foreign beef, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 24, 2025 
Ms. HAGEMAN (for herself, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. 
ROY, and Mr. GOSAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to prohibit 
retailers from designating the United States as the coun-
try of origin of foreign beef, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Country of Origin La-
beling Enforcement Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING FOR BEEF. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 281 of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(7) as paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(1) BEEF.—The term ‘beef’ means meat pro-
duced from cattle (including veal).’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)(A)(i) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘lamb and venison’’ and inserting ‘‘beef, 
lamb, and venison’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘ground lamb and ground venison’’ and 
inserting ‘‘ground beef, ground lamb, and ground 
venison’’. 
(b) NOTICE
OF
COUNTRY
OF
ORIGIN.—Section 
282(a)(2) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1638a(a)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 
‘‘BEEF,’’ after ‘‘FOR’’; 
(2) in each of subparagraphs (A) through (D), 
by inserting ‘‘beef,’’ before ‘‘lamb’’ each place it ap-
pears; and 
(3) in subparagraph (E)— 
(A) in the subparagraph heading, by in-
serting ‘‘BEEF,’’ after ‘‘GROUND’’; and 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘ground beef,’’ before 
‘‘ground lamb’’ each place it appears. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 283(b) of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638b(b)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$1,000 for each violation’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$1,000 for each violation (or in the case of a cov-
ered commodity that is beef, $5,000 for each pound of 
beef not in compliance with the requirements of section 
282)’’. 
(d) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—No ruling by the 
World Trade Organization or by any other international 
organization of which the United States is a member that 
is established before, on, or after the date of enactment 
of this Act may be construed to limit, alter, or affect the 
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to require coun-
try of origin labeling in accordance with the amendments 
made by this section. 
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