119-hr5818

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5818 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5818

 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to prohibit retailers 
from designating the United States as the country of origin of foreign 
 beef, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 October 24, 2025

 Ms. Hageman (for herself, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Massie, Mr. 
 Roy, and Mr. Gosar) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on Agriculture

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 A BILL

 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to prohibit retailers 
from designating the United States as the country of origin of foreign 
 beef, 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 ``Country of Origin Labeling 
Enforcement Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING FOR BEEF.

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
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Section 281 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraphs

    (1) through

    (7) as 
 paragraphs

    (2) through

    (8) , respectively;

    (2) by inserting before paragraph

    (2) (as so redesignated) 
 the following:
 ``

    (1) Beef.--The term `beef' means meat produced from 
 cattle (including veal).'';

    (3) in paragraph

    (2)
        (A)
            (i) (as so redesignated), by 
 striking ``lamb and venison'' and inserting ``beef, lamb, and 
 venison''; and

    (4) in paragraph

    (2)
        (A)
            (ii) (as so redesignated), by 
 striking ``ground lamb and ground venison'' and inserting 
 ``ground beef, ground lamb, and ground venison''.

    (b) Notice of Country of Origin.--

Section 282

    (a)

    (2) of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638a

    (a)

    (2) ) is amended--

    (1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting ``beef,'' after 
 ``for'';

    (2) in each of subparagraphs
        (A) through
            (D) , by inserting 
 ``beef,'' before ``lamb'' each place it appears; and

    (3) in subparagraph
        (E) --
        (A) in the subparagraph heading, by inserting 
 ``beef,'' after ``Ground''; and
        (B) by inserting ``ground beef,'' before ``ground 
 lamb'' each place it appears.
            (c) Enforcement.--

Section 283

    (b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act 
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638b

    (b) ) is amended by striking ``$1,000 for each 
violation'' and inserting ``$1,000 for each violation (or in the case 
of a covered commodity that is beef, $5,000 for each pound of beef not 
in compliance with the requirements of 

section 282)''.
            (d) Rule of Construction.--No ruling by the World Trade 
Organization or by any other international organization of which the 
United States is a member that is established before, on, or after the 
date of enactment of this Act may be construed to limit, alter, or 
affect the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to require country 
of origin labeling in accordance with the amendments made by this 
section.
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