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Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025
To make inapplicable to surplus broiler hatching eggs certain regulations relating to shell eggs, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill exempts surplus broiler hatching eggs from certain FDA shell egg storage and handling regulations. It requires the FDA and Department of Agriculture to issue new rules within 180 days that allow these eggs to be stored under conditions suitable for hatching while enabling sale to egg processing facilities. The changes would allow broiler hatcheries to direct surplus eggs to commercial processors rather than having them go unused.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY)
23 cosponsors
- Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN)
- Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9] (R-GA)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7] (R-SC)
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC)
- Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1] (R-MD)
- Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD)
- Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8] (D-MI)
- Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8] (R-IN)
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL)
- Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6] (R-AL)
- Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6] (R-TN)
- Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY)
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR)
- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE)
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI)
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR)
- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI)
- Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] (R-AR)
Actions (2)
- Mar 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Mar 18, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 18, 2025
Mr. Riley of New York (for himself, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Wied, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mr. Womack, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Salinas, and Ms. McBride) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To make inapplicable to surplus broiler hatching eggs certain regulations relating to shell eggs, 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 “Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN SHELL EGG RULE PROVISIONS TO SURPLUS BROILER HATCHING EGGS SOLD TO EGG BREAKERS.
(a) Inapplicability of Current Rule.—Effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, section 118.4(e) of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations) shall not apply with respect to surplus broiler hatching eggs that are intended to be sold to an egg breaker for purposes of processing such eggs as liquid egg products subject to regulation under the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.).
(b) Revised Rule Required.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall issue a rule revising section 118.4 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), to allow for surplus broiler hatching eggs to be held at such temperature and for such period of time at such temperature, so as to be compatible with conditions for hatching chicks and to allow for the sale of such eggs to egg breakers for the purposes described in subsection (a).
(c) Definitions.—In this Act:
(1) The terms “egg” and “egg product” have the meanings given such terms in section 4 of the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1033).
(2) The term “egg breaker” means a facility in the commercial sector that processes eggs by breaking the eggs out of their shells and selling the resulting liquid egg product in bulk to food manufacturers.
(3) The term “broiler hatching egg” means an egg intended for use by broiler hatcheries for the production of baby chicks.
(4) The term “broiler hatchery” means a facility where fertilized eggs from broiler breeder chickens are incubated and hatched into day-old chicks, which are then raised on farms to produce meat as broiler chickens. <all>
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