[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 687 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 687

  To prevent States and local jurisdictions from interfering with the 
 production and distribution of agricultural products in interstate or 
                           foreign commerce.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 2015

    Mr. King of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. 
 Peterson, Mr. Blum, Mr. Huelskamp, and Mr. Young of Iowa) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prevent States and local jurisdictions from interfering with the 
 production and distribution of agricultural products in interstate or 
                           foreign commerce.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Interstate Commerce Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST INTERFERENCE BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 
              WITH PRODUCTION OR MANUFACTURE OF ITEMS IN OTHER STATES.

    (a) In General.--Consistent with article I, section 8, clause 3 of 
the Constitution of the United States, the government of a State or 
locality therein shall not impose a standard or condition on the 
production or manufacture of any agricultural product sold or offered 
for sale in interstate commerce if--
            (1) such production or manufacture occurs in another State; 
        and
            (2) the standard or condition is in addition to the 
        standards and conditions applicable to such production or 
        manufacture pursuant to--
                    (A) Federal law; and
                    (B) the laws of the State and locality in which 
                such production or manufacture occurs.
    (b) Agricultural Product Defined.--In this section, the term 
``agricultural product'' has the meaning given such term in section 207 
of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1626).
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