[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2744 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2744

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 30, 2019

 Mr. Rounds (for himself and Mr. Thune) 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 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. Beef Integrity 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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