[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5215 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5215

To require the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with 
   the Secretary of Agriculture, to determine a means of reinstating 
  mandatory country of origin labeling for beef that is in compliance 
  with all applicable rules of the World Trade Organization, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 15, 2023

 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with 
   the Secretary of Agriculture, to determine a means of reinstating 
  mandatory country of origin labeling for beef that is in compliance 
  with all applicable rules of the World Trade Organization, 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 ``Beef Origin Labeling Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF MANDATORY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING FOR BEEF.

    (a) In General.--The United States Trade Representative, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall determine a means 
of reinstating mandatory country of origin labeling for beef that is in 
compliance with all applicable rules of the World Trade Organization.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter as appropriate, 
the United States Trade Representative shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that includes--
            (1) a description of progress in meeting the requirements 
        of subsection (a); and
            (2) recommendations for legislation to implement the 
        requirements of subsection (a), including the means of 
        reinstating mandatory country of origin labeling for beef, if 
        necessary, as well as engagements with the Trade 
        Representative's counterparts in other governments on this 
        matter.
    (c) Consultations To Resolve WTO Dispute Settlements.--The United 
States Trade Representative shall seek to enter into consultations 
with--
            (1) the Trade Representative's counterpart in the 
        Government of Canada to resolve the matters involved in the 
        World Trade Organization's dispute settlement identified as 
        ``DS384'' and titled ``United States-Certain Country of Origin 
        Labeling Requirements''; and
            (2) the Trade Representative's counterpart in the 
        Government of Mexico to resolve the matters involved in the 
        World Trade Organization's dispute settlement identified as 
        ``DS386'' and titled ``United States-Certain Country of Origin 
        Labeling Requirements''.
    (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, the 
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Ways 
        and Means of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
        and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.
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