SAFE Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-3038
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2025-04-28
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2025-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Safe American Food Exports Act of&nbsp;2025 or the SAFE Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Agriculture to negotiate in advance for regional export ban agreements&nbsp;for known animal disease threats that apply only to areas affected by animal disease outbreaks to enable the continuation of exports from areas not affected by an outbreak.</p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Food Safety and Inspection Service, and the Foreign Agricultural Service, in consultation with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, may negotiate the regionalization, zoning, compartmentalization, and other agreements regarding outbreaks of known animal disease threats of trade significance with countries with export markets for livestock animals or animal products from the United States.</p><p>The bill also specifies that such a negotiation should seek to take into account accepted global research advances.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3038 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2025 Mr. Feenstra (for himself and Mr. Panetta ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture , and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to improve the prevention of the spread of animal diseases, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe American Food Exports Act of 2025 or the SAFE Act of 2025 . 2. Engagement with key export markets (a) In general Section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 8304 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Engagement with key export markets (1) In general To reduce the impact of animal disease outbreaks on United States exports, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, and the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, is authorized to negotiate in advance, to the extent practicable, regionalization, zoning, compartmentalization, and other agreements regarding outbreaks of known animal disease threats of trade significance with the governments of countries with export markets for livestock animals or animal products from the United States. (2) Research A negotiation carried out under paragraph (1) should seek to take into account accepted global research advances. . (b) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed— (1) to limit the ability of the United States Trade Representative to negotiate trade agreements; or (2) to require the United States Trade Representative to condition other trade agreements on the inclusion of language relating to reducing the impact of animal disease outbreaks on United States exports, as described in subsection (d)(1) of section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act ( 7 U.S.C. 3804 ) (as inserted by subsection (a)(2)).