I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1731 
To provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment 
of egg-laying hens, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2013 
Mr. SCHRADER (for himself, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. FARR, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. 
CAMPBELL, and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To provide for a uniform national standard for the housing 
and treatment of egg-laying hens, 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 ‘‘Egg Products Inspec-
tion Act Amendments of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. HEN HOUSING AND TREATMENT STANDARDS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4 of the Egg Products 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1033) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (a) as sub-
section (c); 
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(2) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), 
(e), (f), and (g) as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), 
and (k), respectively; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 
subsections (n) and (o), respectively; 
(4) by redesignating subsections (j), (k), and (l) 
as subsections (r), (s), and (t), respectively; 
(5) by redesignating subsections (m), (n), (o), 
(p), (q), (r), (s), (t), (u), (v), (w), (x), (y), and (z) 
as subsections (v), (w), (x), (y), (z), (aa), (bb), (cc), 
(dd), (ee), (ff), (gg), (hh), and (ii), respectively; 
(6) by inserting before subsection (c), as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1), the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(a) The term ‘adequate environmental enrichments’ 
means adequate perch space, dust bathing or scratching 
areas, and nest space, as defined by the Secretary of Agri-
culture, based on the best available science, including the 
most recent studies available at the time that the Sec-
retary defines the term. 
‘‘(b) The term ‘adequate housing-related labeling’ 
means a conspicuous, legible marking on the front or top 
of a package of eggs accurately indicating the type of 
housing that the egg-laying hens were provided during egg 
production, in one of the following formats: 
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‘‘(1) ‘Eggs from free-range hens’ to indicate 
that the egg-laying hens from which the eggs or egg 
products were derived were, during egg production— 
‘‘(A) not housed in caging devices; and 
‘‘(B) provided with outdoor access. 
‘‘(2) ‘Eggs from cage-free hens’ to indicate that 
the egg-laying hens from which the eggs or egg 
products were derived were, during egg production, 
not housed in caging devices. 
‘‘(3) ‘Eggs from enriched cages’ to indicate that 
the egg-laying hens from which the eggs or egg 
products were derived were, during egg production, 
housed in caging devices that— 
‘‘(A) contain adequate environmental en-
richments; and 
‘‘(B) provide the hens a minimum of 116 
square inches of individual floor space per 
brown hen and 101 square inches of individual 
floor space per white hen. 
‘‘(4) ‘Eggs from caged hens’ to indicate that 
the egg-laying hens from which the eggs or egg 
products were derived were, during egg production, 
housed in caging devices that either— 
‘‘(A) do not contain adequate environ-
mental enrichments; or 
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‘‘(B) do not provide the hens a minimum 
of 116 square inches of individual floor space 
per brown hen and 101 square inches of indi-
vidual floor space per white hen.’’; 
(7) by inserting after subsection (c), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (1), the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(d) The term ‘brown hen’ means a brown egg-laying 
hen used for commercial egg production. 
‘‘(e) The term ‘caging device’ means any cage, enclo-
sure, or other device used for the housing of egg-laying 
hens for the production of eggs in commerce, but does not 
include an open barn or other fixed structure without in-
ternal caging devices.’’; 
(8) by inserting after subsection (k), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (2), the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(l) The term ‘egg-laying hen’ means any female do-
mesticated chicken, including white hens and brown hens, 
used for the commercial production of eggs for human 
consumption. 
‘‘(m) The term ‘existing caging device’ means any 
caging device that was continuously in use for the produc-
tion of eggs in commerce up through and including De-
cember 31, 2011.’’; 
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(9) by inserting after subsection (o), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (3), the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(p) The term ‘feed-withdrawal molting’ means the 
practice of preventing food intake for the purpose of in-
ducing egg-laying hens to molt. 
‘‘(q) The term ‘individual floor space’ means the 
amount of total floor space in a caging device available 
to each egg-laying hen in the device, which is calculated 
by measuring the total floor space of the caging device 
and dividing by the total number of egg-laying hens in 
the device.’’; 
(10) by inserting after subsection (t), as redes-
ignated by paragraph (4), the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(u) The term ‘new caging device’ means any caging 
device that was not continuously in use for the production 
of eggs in commerce on or before December 31, 2011.’’; 
and 
(11) by inserting at the end the following new 
subsections: 
‘‘(jj) The term ‘water-withdrawal molting’ means the 
practice of preventing water intake for the purpose of in-
ducing egg-laying hens to molt. 
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‘‘(kk) The term ‘white hen’ means a white egg-laying 
hen used for commercial egg production.’’. 
(b) HOUSING
AND TREATMENT
OF EGG-LAYING 
HENS.—The Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 
1031 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 7 (21 
U.S.C. 1036) the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 7A. HOUSING AND TREATMENT OF EGG-LAYING 
HENS. 
‘‘(a) ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) EXISTING
CAGING
DEVICES.—Beginning 
15 years after the date of enactment of the Egg 
Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, all 
existing caging devices shall provide egg-laying hens 
housed therein adequate environmental enrichments. 
‘‘(2) NEW
CAGING
DEVICES.—Beginning 9 
years after the date of enactment of the Egg Prod-
ucts Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, all new 
caging devices shall provide egg-laying hens housed 
therein adequate environmental enrichments. 
‘‘(3) CAGING DEVICES IN CALIFORNIA.— 
‘‘(A) NEW CAGING DEVICES.—All caging 
devices in California installed after the date of 
enactment of the Egg Products Inspection Act 
Amendments of 2013 shall provide egg-laying 
hens housed therein adequate environmental en-
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richments beginning 3 months after that date 
of enactment. 
‘‘(B) EXISTING CAGING DEVICES.—All cag-
ing devices in California installed before the 
date of enactment of the Egg Products Inspec-
tion Act Amendments of 2013 shall provide 
egg-laying hens housed therein adequate envi-
ronmental enrichments beginning January 1, 
2024. 
‘‘(b) FLOOR SPACE.— 
‘‘(1) EXISTING CAGING DEVICES.—All existing 
cages devices shall provide egg-laying hens housed 
therein— 
‘‘(A) beginning 4 years after the date of 
enactment of the Egg Products Inspection Act 
Amendments of 2013 and until the date that is 
15 years after the date of enactment of the Egg 
Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, 
a minimum of 76 square inches of individual 
floor space per brown hen and 67 square inches 
of individual floor space per white hen; and 
‘‘(B) beginning 15 years after the date of 
enactment of the Egg Products Inspection Act 
Amendments of 2013, a minimum of 144 
square inches of individual floor space per 
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brown hen and 124 square inches of individual 
floor space per white hen. 
‘‘(2) NEW CAGING DEVICES.—All new caging 
devices shall provide egg-laying hens housed there-
in— 
‘‘(A) beginning 3 years after the date of 
enactment of the Egg Products Inspection Act 
Amendments of 2013 and until the date that is 
6 years after the date of enactment of the Egg 
Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, 
a minimum of 90 square inches of individual 
floor space per brown hen and 78 square inches 
of individual floor space per white hen; 
‘‘(B) beginning 6 years after the date of 
enactment of the Egg Products Inspection Act 
Amendments of 2013 and until the date that is 
9 years after the date of enactment of the Egg 
Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, 
a minimum of 102 square inches of individual 
floor space per brown hen and 90 square inches 
of individual floor space per white hen; 
‘‘(C) beginning 9 years after the date of 
enactment of the Egg Products Inspection Act 
Amendments of 2013 and until the date that is 
12 years after the date of enactment of the Egg 
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Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, 
a minimum of 116 square inches of individual 
floor space per brown hen and 101 square 
inches of individual floor space per white hen; 
‘‘(D) beginning 12 years after the date of 
enactment of the Egg Products Inspection Act 
Amendments of 2013 and until the date that is 
15 years after the date of enactment of the Egg 
Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, 
a minimum of 130 square inches of individual 
floor space per brown hen and 113 square 
inches of individual floor space per white hen; 
and 
‘‘(E) beginning 15 years after the date of 
enactment of the Egg Products Inspection Act 
Amendments of 2013, a minimum of 144 
square inches of individual floor space per 
brown hen and 124 square inches of individual 
floor space per white hen. 
‘‘(3) CALIFORNIA CAGING DEVICES.— 
‘‘(A) EXISTING CAGING DEVICES.—All cag-
ing devices in California installed before the 
date of enactment of the Egg Products Inspec-
tion Act Amendments of 2013 shall provide 
egg-laying hens housed therein— 
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‘‘(i) beginning January 1, 2015, and 
through December 31, 2023, 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, 2024, 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. 
‘‘(B) NEW CAGING DEVICES.—All caging 
devices in California installed after the date of 
enactment of the Egg Products Inspection Act 
Amendments of 2013 shall provide egg-laying 
hens housed therein— 
‘‘(i) beginning 3 months after the date 
of enactment of the Egg Products Inspec-
tion Act Amendments of 2013, and 
through December 31, 2023, 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 
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‘‘(ii) beginning January 1, 2024, 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. 
‘‘(c) AIR QUALITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning 2 years after the 
date of enactment of the Egg Products Inspection 
Act Amendments of 2013, an egg handler shall pro-
vide all egg-laying hens under his ownership or con-
trol with acceptable air quality, which does not ex-
ceed more than 25 parts per million of ammonia 
during normal operations. 
‘‘(2) TEMPORARY EXCESS AMMONIA LEVELS AL-
LOWED.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an egg 
handler may provide egg-laying hens under the own-
ership or control of such handler with air quality 
containing more than 25 parts per million of ammo-
nia for temporary periods as necessary because of 
extraordinary weather circumstances or other un-
usual circumstances. 
‘‘(d) FORCED MOLTING.—Beginning 2 years after 
the date of enactment of the Egg Products Inspection Act 
Amendments of 2013, no egg handler may subject any 
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egg-laying hen under his ownership or control to feed- 
withdrawal or water-withdrawal molting. 
‘‘(e) EUTHANASIA.—Beginning 2 years after the date 
of enactment of the Egg Products Inspection Act Amend-
ments of 2013, an egg handler shall provide, when nec-
essary, all egg-laying hens under his ownership or control 
with euthanasia that is humane and uses a method 
deemed ‘Acceptable’ by the American Veterinary Medical 
Association. 
‘‘(f) 
PROHIBITION
ON
NEW
UNENRICHABLE 
CAGES.—No person shall build, construct, implement, or 
place into operation any new caging device for the produc-
tion of eggs to be sold in commerce unless the device— 
‘‘(1) provides the egg-laying hens to be con-
tained therein a minimum of 76 square inches of in-
dividual floor space per brown hen or 67 square 
inches of individual floor space per white hen; and 
‘‘(2) is capable of being adapted to accommo-
date adequate environmental enrichments. 
‘‘(g) EXEMPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) RECENTLY-INSTALLED
EXISTING
CAGING 
DEVICES.—The 
requirements 
under 
subsections 
(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B) shall not apply to any existing 
caging device that was first placed into operation be-
tween January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2011. 
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This exemption shall expire on December 31, 2029, 
at which time the requirements contained in sub-
sections (a)(1) and (b)(1)(B) shall apply to all exist-
ing caging devices. 
‘‘(2) HENS ALREADY IN PRODUCTION.—The re-
quirements 
under 
subsections 
(a)(1), 
(a)(2), 
(b)(1)(B), and (b)(2) shall not apply to any caging 
device containing egg-laying hens who are already in 
egg production on the date that such requirement 
takes effect. This exemption shall expire on the date 
that such egg-laying hens are removed from egg pro-
duction. 
‘‘(3) SMALL
PRODUCERS.—This section shall 
not apply to an egg handler who buys, sells, handles, 
or processes eggs or egg products solely from 1 flock 
of not more than 3,000 egg-laying hens. 
‘‘(4) EDUCATIONAL
AND
RESEARCH
INSTITU-
TIONS.—The provisions of this section related to 
housing, treatment, or housing-related labeling shall 
not apply to egg production at an accredited edu-
cational or research institution, or to the purchase, 
sale, handling, or processing of eggs or egg products 
in connection with such production. 
‘‘(5) INDIVIDUAL ENCLOSURES.—The environ-
mental enrichment requirements under subsection 
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(a) shall not apply to any caging device that con-
tains only 1 egg-laying hen. 
‘‘(6) OTHER LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY PRODUC-
TION.—This section shall apply only to commercial 
egg production. This section shall not apply to the 
production of pork, beef, turkey, dairy, broiler chick-
en, veal, or other livestock or poultry. 
‘‘SEC. 7B. PHASE-IN CONVERSION REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) NATIONAL CONVERSION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) FIRST CONVERSION PHASE.—Beginning 6 
years after the date of enactment of the Egg Prod-
ucts Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, at least 
25 percent of the egg-laying hens in commercial egg 
production shall be housed either in new caging de-
vices or in existing caging devices that provide the 
hens contained therein with a minimum of 102 
square inches of individual floor space per brown 
hen and 90 square inches of individual floor space 
per white hen. 
‘‘(2) SECOND CONVERSION PHASE.—Beginning 
12 years after the date of enactment of the Egg 
Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, at 
least 55 percent of the egg-laying hens in commer-
cial egg production shall be housed either in new 
caging devices or in existing caging devices that pro-
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vide the hens contained therein with a minimum of 
130 square inches of individual floor space per 
brown hen and 113 square inches of individual floor 
space per white hen. 
‘‘(3) FINAL
CONVERSION
PHASE.—Beginning 
December 31, 2029, all egg-laying hens confined in 
caging devices shall be provided adequate environ-
mental enrichments and a minimum of 144 square 
inches of individual floor space per brown hen and 
124 square inches of individual floor space per white 
hen. 
‘‘(b) CALIFORNIA CONVERSION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) FIRST CONVERSION PHASE.—Beginning 2 
years and 6 months after the date of enactment of 
the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 
2013, at least 25 percent of the egg-laying hens in 
commercial egg production in California shall be 
provided adequate environmental enrichments and a 
minimum of 134 square inches of individual floor 
space per brown hen and 116 square inches of indi-
vidual floor space per white hen. 
‘‘(2) SECOND CONVERSION PHASE.—Beginning 
5 years after the date of enactment of the Egg 
Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, at 
least 50 percent of the egg-laying hens in commer-
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cial egg production in California shall be provided 
adequate environmental enrichments and a minimum 
of 134 square inches of individual floor space per 
brown hen and 116 square inches of individual floor 
space per white hen. 
‘‘(3) THIRD CONVERSION PHASE.—Beginning 7 
years and 6 months after the date of enactment of 
the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 
2013, at least 75 percent of the egg-laying hens in 
commercial egg production in California shall be 
provided adequate environmental enrichments and a 
minimum of 134 square inches of individual floor 
space per brown hen and 116 square inches of indi-
vidual floor space per white hen. 
‘‘(4) FINAL
CONVERSION
PHASE.—Beginning 
10 years after the date of enactment of the Egg 
Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, all 
egg-laying hens in commercial egg production in 
California shall be provided adequate environmental 
enrichments and a minimum of 144 square inches of 
individual floor space per brown hen and 124 square 
inches of individual floor space per white hens. 
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the end of 6 years after 
the date of enactment of the Egg Products Inspec-
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tion Act Amendments of 2013, the Secretary shall 
determine, after having reviewed and analyzed the 
results of an independent, national survey of caging 
devices, whether— 
‘‘(A) the requirements of subsection (a)(1) 
have been met; and 
‘‘(B) the requirements of subsection (b)(2) 
have been met. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS
MET.—If the Secretary 
finds that the requirements of subsection (a)(1) have 
not been met, then beginning January 1, 2020, the 
floor space requirements (irrespective of the date 
such requirements expire) related to new caging de-
vices contained in subsection (b)(2)(B) of section 7A 
shall apply to existing caging devices placed into op-
eration prior to January 1, 1995. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS
NOT
MET.—If the Sec-
retary finds that the requirements of subsection 
(b)(2) have not been met, then beginning 1 year 
from the date of the Secretary’s finding, the floor 
space and enrichments requirements (irrespective of 
the date such requirements come into force) con-
tained in subsection (a)(3)(A) and subsection 
(b)(3)(B)(ii) of section 7A shall apply to all caging 
devices in California. 
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‘‘(4) REPORT.—At the end of 12 years after the 
date of enactment of the Egg Products Inspection 
Act Amendments of 2013, and again after December 
31, 2029, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry of the Senate a report on compliance 
with subsections (a) and (b). 
‘‘(5) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—Notwith-
standing section 12, the remedies provided in this 
subsection shall be the exclusive remedies for viola-
tions of this section.’’. 
(c) INSPECTIONS.—Section 5 of the Egg Products In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), in the first sentence, by 
inserting ‘‘(other than requirements with respect to 
housing, treatment, and housing-related labeling)’’ 
after ‘‘as he deems appropriate to assure compliance 
with such requirements’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (C); 
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(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) are derived from egg-laying hens 
housed and treated in compliance with section 
7A; and’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (C), as redesig-
nated by clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘adequate 
housing-related labeling and’’ after ‘‘con-
tain’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘In the 
case of a shell egg packer’’ and inserting ‘‘In 
the cases of an egg handler with a flock of more 
than 3,000 egg-laying hens and a shell egg 
packer’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘(other 
than requirements with respect to housing, 
treatment, and housing-related labeling)’’ after 
‘‘to ensure compliance with the requirements of 
paragraph (1)’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘with a 
flock of not more than 3,000 layers.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘who buys, sells, handles, or processes 
eggs or egg products solely from 1 flock of not 
more than 3,000 egg-laying hens.’’. 
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(d) LABELING.—Section 7(a) of the Egg Products 
Inspection Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 1036(a)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘adequate housing-related labeling,’’ after 
‘‘plant where the products were processed,’’. 
(e) LIMITATION ON EXEMPTIONS BY SECRETARY.— 
Section 15(a) of the Egg Products Inspection Act of 1970 
(21 U.S.C. 1044(a)) is amended in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(not including subsection (c) 
of section 8)’’ after ‘‘exempt from specific provisions’’. 
(f) IMPORTS.—Section 17(a)(2) of the Egg Products 
Inspection Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 1046(a)(2)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘subdivision thereof and are labeled and pack-
aged’’ and inserting ‘‘subdivision thereof; and no eggs or 
egg products capable of use as human food shall be im-
ported into the United States unless they are produced, 
labeled, and packaged’’. 
SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT OF HEN HOUSING AND TREATMENT 
STANDARDS. 
Section 8 of the Egg Products Inspection 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: 
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‘‘(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 transportation, in 
any business or commerce any eggs or egg products de-
rived from egg-laying hens unless the container or pack-
age, including any immediate container, of the eggs or egg 
products, beginning 1 year after the date of enactment 
of the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2013, 
contains adequate housing-related labeling. 
‘‘(3) No person shall buy, sell, or transport, or offer 
to buy or sell, or offer or receive for transportation, in 
any business or commerce, in California, any eggs or egg 
products derived from egg-laying hens unless the egg-lay-
ing hens are provided floor space and enrichments equiva-
lent to that required under subsections (a)(3) and (b)(3) 
of section 7A of this Act regardless of where the eggs are 
produced.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by para-
graph (1)), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘7A,’’ after ‘‘section’’. 
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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 Act 
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 
made under this Act may not be imposed by any State 
or local jurisdiction. Otherwise the provisions of this Act 
shall not invalidate any law or other provisions of any 
State or other jurisdiction in the absence of a conflict with 
this Act.’’; 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 15 years after the date of enact-
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ment of the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 
2013, 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 on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
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