U.S.A. Beef Act

Bill: 117-hr-4973
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-08-06
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2021-08-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-08-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>U.S.A. Beef Act</strong></p> <p>This bill modifies label requirements for meat food products of cattle.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill prohibits the label of cattle meat or a meat food product of cattle from bearing the phrase <i>Product of U.S.A.</i> unless such meat or meat food product is exclusively derived from one or more cattle born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States.</p> <p>The requirement does not apply to cattle meat or a meat food product of cattle that is intended and offered for export to a foreign country.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4973 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 6, 2021 Mr. Rosendale (for himself, Mr. Khanna , Ms. Herrell , Mr. Case , Mr. Massie , Ms. Cheney , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mr. Huffman , and Mr. Griffith ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to modify requirements for a meat food product of cattle to bear a Product of U.S.A. label, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the U.S.A. Beef Act . 2. Product of U.S.A. label for beef Section 7 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act ( 21 U.S.C. 607 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Product of the United States label for beef (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), the label of meat of cattle or a meat food product of cattle may bear the phrase Product of U.S.A. , or any substantially similar word or phrase, only if the meat or meat food product is exclusively derived from 1 or more cattle exclusively born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States. (2) Inapplicability Paragraph (1) shall not apply to meat of cattle or a meat food product of cattle that is intended and offered for export to a foreign country. .