119-s421

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 421 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 421

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish country of 
 origin labeling requirements for beef, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 5, 2025

 Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. 
 Lummis, Mr. Fetterman, and Mr. Hoeven) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
 Nutrition, and Forestry

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 A BILL

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish country of 
 origin labeling requirements for 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 ``American Beef Labeling 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).''; and

    (3) in subparagraph
        (A) of paragraph

    (2) (as so 
 redesignated)--
        (A) in clause
            (i) , by inserting ``, beef,'' after 
 ``lamb''; and
        (B) in clause
            (ii) , by inserting ``, ground beef,'' 
 after ``lamb''.

    (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) Means of Reinstating MCOOL for Beef.--

    (1) Determination of means.--Not later than 180 days after 
 the date of enactment of this Act, 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 in accordance with the 
 amendments made by subsections

    (a) and

    (b) that is in 
 compliance with all applicable rules of the World Trade 
 Organization.

    (2) Implementation of means.--Not later than 1 year after 
 the date of enactment of this Act, the United States Trade 
 Representative and the Secretary of Agriculture shall implement 
 the means determined under paragraph

    (1) .
            (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections

    (a) and

    (b) take effect on the earlier of--

    (1) the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture 
 publishes a determination in the Federal Register that the 
 means determined under paragraph

    (1) of subsection
            (c) have 
 been implemented under paragraph

    (2) of that subsection; and

    (2) the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of 
 this Act.
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