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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.
Summary
This bill amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to establish requirements for beef products to bear a "Product of U.S.A." label. Under the bill, beef or beef products may only be labeled "Product of U.S.A." (or similar phrase) if the meat is exclusively derived from cattle that were exclusively born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States. The labeling requirement does not apply to beef products intended for export to foreign countries.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mike Rounds’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $30,350
- NULL $26,450
- APOLLO $19,250
- ROCKET MORTGAGE $15,700
- APOLLO MGMT. $13,200
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Actions (2)
- Jul 9, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- Jul 9, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 9, 2025
Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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.A. Beef 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.”. <all>
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