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American CANS Act

To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that required country-of- origin labeling for any agricultural product packaged in a can shall be on the front label or top of such can, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 4, 2025

Latest action (Feb 4, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Referred to
Ways and Means Committee
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Issues
Foreign Policy
Legislative subjects (3)
Agricultural marketing and promotionAgricultural tradeFood supply, safety, and labeling

Summary
  • Amends Section 304(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 to specify where country-of-origin labeling must appear for canned agricultural products.
  • Requires country-of-origin markings for canned agricultural products to be placed on the front label or stamped, embossed, or printed on the top of the can.
  • Applies the requirement only to agricultural products imported 18 months or more after the bill is enacted.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
12 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Josh Harder’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • GOOGLE $34,620
  • BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS $28,100
  • STANFORD UNIVERSITY $25,550
  • BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP $19,800
  • COOLEY LLP $16,200

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Josh Harder → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
  2. Feb 4, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 8646 — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7567 — Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 4550 — United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5450 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 4121 — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 322 — Import Security and Fairness Act · Introduced Jan 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • S 367 — Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act · Introduced Oct 25, 2007 · Cong. 110 60%
  • S 1185 — FIGHTING for America Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%
  • HR 7992 — CANS Act of 2026 · Introduced Mar 18, 2026 · Cong. 119 60%
  • HR 5954 — Beef Origin Labeling Accountability Act · Introduced Nov 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%
  • HR 735 — United States Reciprocal Trade Act · Introduced Jan 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 59%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 4, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 4, 2025

Mr. Harder of California (for himself and Mr. Van Orden) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that required country-of- origin labeling for any agricultural product packaged in a can shall be on the front label or top of such can, 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 Consumer Awareness of National Source Act” or the “American CANS Act”.

SEC. 2. METHOD OF NOTIFICATION OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF AN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT PACKAGED IN A CAN.

(a) In General.—Section 304(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304(b)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: “In the case of such an article that is an agricultural product (as defined in section 207 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946) packaged in a can, the marking required under this subsection shall appear on the front label of the can or be stamped, embossed, or printed on the top of the can.”.

(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall only apply to agricultural products imported on or after the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>

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