U.S.A. Beef Act
Summary
U.S.A. Beef Act This bill modifies label requirements for meat food products of cattle. Specifically, the bill prohibits the label of cattle meat or a meat food product of cattle from bearing the phrase Product of U.S.A. unless such meat or meat food product is exclusively derived from one or more cattle born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States. 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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Aug 6, 2021
Last action Aug 30, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Aug 30, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
lower
Aug 6, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
lower
Aug 6, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.
RRepublican
Co
Barry Moore
RRepublican
Co
Claudia Tenney
RRepublican
Co
Clay Higgins
RRepublican
Co
Ed Case
DDemocratic
Co
H. Morgan Griffith
RRepublican
Co
Jared Huffman
DDemocratic
Co
Liz Cheney
RRepublican
Co
Marcy Kaptur
DDemocratic
Co
Ro Khanna
DDemocratic
Co
Thomas Massie
RRepublican
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