[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1604 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1604

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2023

Mr. Rosendale (for himself, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mrs. 
 Boebert, and Mrs. Miller of Illinois) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 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.

    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 ``U.S.A. Beef Act''.

SEC. 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.''.
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