HR 4973 United States House · 117th Congress

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
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Introduced Aug 6, 2021 Last action Aug 30, 2021
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Aug 30, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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Aug 6, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
lower
Aug 6, 2021
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1 primary · 11 co-sponsors

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