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Country of Origin Labeling Enforcement Act of 2025
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.
Summary
This bill would add beef to the list of meats covered by country of origin labeling requirements under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. Retailers would be required to label beef products to indicate their country of origin, similar to existing requirements for lamb and venison. The bill increases penalties for non-compliance with beef labeling from $1,000 per violation to $5,000 per pound of non-compliant beef. The legislation also clarifies that rulings from the World Trade Organization or other international bodies cannot prevent the Department of Agriculture from enforcing these labeling requirements.
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Sponsor (1)
12 cosponsors
- Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] (R-OH)
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Greene, Marjorie Taylor [R-GA-14] (R-GA)
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA)
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA)
- Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] (R-KY)
- Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL)
- Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX)
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM)
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI)
- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI)
- Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] (R-MT)
Actions (3)
- Dec 2, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. · house
- Oct 24, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Oct 24, 2025 Introduced in House
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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
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.—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. <all>
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