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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5954 
To require the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Agriculture, to determine a means of reinstating manda-
tory country of origin labeling for beef that is in compliance with all 
applicable rules of the World Trade Organization, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 7, 2025 
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require the United States Trade Representative, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to determine 
a means of reinstating mandatory country of origin label-
ing for beef that is in compliance with all applicable 
rules of the World Trade Organization, 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 ‘‘Beef Origin Labeling 
Accountability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF MANDATORY COUNTRY OF OR-
IGIN LABELING FOR BEEF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Trade Rep-
resentative, in consultation with the Secretary of Agri-
culture, shall determine a means of reinstating mandatory 
country of origin labeling for beef that is in compliance 
with all applicable rules of the World Trade Organization. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there-
after as appropriate, the United States Trade Representa-
tive shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report that includes— 
(1) a description of progress in meeting the re-
quirements of subsection (a); and 
(2) recommendations for legislation to imple-
ment the requirements of subsection (a), including 
the means of reinstating mandatory country of ori-
gin labeling for beef, if necessary, as well as engage-
ments with the Trade Representative’s counterparts 
in other governments on this matter. 
(c) CONSULTATIONS TO RESOLVE WTO DISPUTE 
SETTLEMENTS.—The United States Trade Representative 
shall seek to enter into consultations with— 
(1) the Trade Representative’s counterpart in 
the Government of Canada to resolve the matters in-
volved in the World Trade Organization’s dispute 
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settlement identified as ‘‘DS384’’ and titled ‘‘United 
States–Certain Country of Origin Labeling Require-
ments’’; and 
(2) the Trade Representative’s counterpart in 
the Government of Mexico to resolve the matters in-
volved in the World Trade Organization’s dispute 
settlement identified as ‘‘DS386’’ and titled ‘‘United 
States–Certain Country of Origin Labeling Require-
ments’’. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Agriculture and the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry and the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate. 
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