(f) IMPORTS.—Section 17 of the Egg Products In-
spection Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 1046) is amended in 
paragraph (2) of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘subdivision 
thereof and are labeled and packaged’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
division thereof; and no eggs or egg products capable of 
use as human food shall be imported into the United 
States unless they are produced, labeled, and packaged’’. 
SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT OF HEN HOUSING AND TREATMENT 
STANDARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8 of the Egg Products In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 1037) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), 
and (f) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respec-
tively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c)(1) No person shall buy, sell, or transport, or 
offer to buy or sell, or offer or receive for transportation, 
in any business or commerce any eggs or egg products 
derived from egg-laying hens housed or treated in violation 
of any provision of section 7A. 
‘‘(2) No person shall buy, sell, or transport, or 
offer to buy or sell, or offer or receive for transpor-
tation, in any business or commerce any eggs or egg 
products derived from egg-laying hens unless the 
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container or package, including any immediate con-
tainer, of the eggs or egg products, beginning one 
year after the date of enactment of the Egg Prod-
ucts Inspection Act Amendments of 2012, contains 
adequate housing-related labeling. 
‘‘(3) No person shall buy, sell, or transport, or 
offer to buy or sell, or offer or receive for transpor-
tation, in any business or commerce, in California, 
any eggs or egg products derived from egg-laying 
hens unless the egg-laying hens are— 
‘‘(A) provided— 
‘‘(i) beginning January 1, 2015, and 
through December 31, 2020, a minimum 
of 134 square inches of individual floor 
space per brown hen and 116 square 
inches of individual floor space per white 
hen; and 
‘‘(ii) beginning January 1, 2021, a 
minimum of 144 square inches of indi-
vidual floor space per brown hen and 124 
square inches of individual floor space per 
white hen; and 
‘‘(B) provided, beginning December 31, 
2018, adequate environmental enrichments.’’; 
and 
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(3) in subsection (e), as redesignated by para-
graph (1), by inserting ‘‘7A,’’ after ‘‘section’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.—Section 13 of the Egg 
Products Inspection Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 1042) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘(with respect to violations other 
than those related to requirements with respect to hous-
ing, treatment, and housing-related labeling) the’’ after 
‘‘Before any violation of this chapter is reported by the 
Secretary of Agriculture or’’. 
SEC. 4. STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITY. 
Section 23 of the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 1052) is amended— 
(a) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as sub-
sections (d) and (e), respectively; 
(b) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION AGAINST ADDITIONAL OR DIF-
FERENT
REQUIREMENTS
THAN
FEDERAL
REQUIRE-
MENTS RELATED TO MINIMUM SPACE ALLOTMENTS FOR 
HOUSING EGG-LAYING HENS IN COMMERCIAL EGG PRO-
DUCTION.—Requirements within the scope of this chapter 
with respect to minimum floor space allotments or enrich-
ments for egg-laying hens housed in commercial egg pro-
duction which are in addition to or different than those 
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made under this chapter may not be imposed by any State 
or local jurisdiction. Otherwise the provisions of this chap-
ter shall not invalidate any law or other provisions of any 
State or other jurisdiction in the absence of a conflict with 
this chapter.’’; and 
(c) by inserting after subsection (e), as redesignated 
by subsection (a), the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) ROLE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD 
AND AGRICULTURE.—With respect to eggs produced, 
shipped, handled, transported or received in California 
prior to the date that is 18 years after the date of enact-
ment of the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 
2012, the Secretary shall delegate to the California De-
partment of Food and Agriculture the authority to enforce 
sections 7A(a)(3), 7A(b)(3), 8(c)(3), and 11.’’. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect upon enactment. 
Æ 
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