HR 4673
Save Our Bacon Act
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Bill overview
The Save Our Bacon Act aims to guarantee the free flow of livestock products across state lines. It prevents states from imposing additional regulations on livestock production beyond those already in place where the animal is raised. The bill seeks to create a national market for these products and uphold U.S. international trade obligations. Specifically, it focuses on products derived from livestock raised for slaughter or milk production, excluding those primarily raised for eggs.
Key provisions
- Protects the interstate movement of livestock-derived products.
- Prevents states from imposing additional production standards on livestock.
- Defines ‘covered livestock’ as animals raised for slaughter or milk production (excluding egg production).
- Clarifies that ‘production’ refers to raising livestock, not movement or processing.
- Aims to foster a national market for these products.
Who is affected
- Livestock producers
- Meat processors
- Dairy producers
- Consumers of meat and dairy products
- State governments
Notable changes
- Establishes a federal right for livestock producers to market their products across state lines.
- Limits states’ ability to regulate livestock production beyond their borders.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 4673
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To ensure the free movement of livestock-derived products in interstate commerce.
This Act may be cited as the Save Our Bacon Act
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The purpose of this section is to—
protect the free movement in interstate commerce of products derived from covered livestock;
encourage a national market of such products;
ensure that producers of covered livestock are not subject to a patchwork of State laws restricting access to a national market; and
ensure that the United States continues to uphold its international trade obligations.
Producers of covered livestock have a Federal right to raise and market their covered livestock in interstate commerce and therefore no State or subdivision thereof may enact or enforce, directly or indirectly, a condition or standard on the production of covered livestock other than for covered livestock physically raised in such State or subdivision.
Producers of covered livestock have a Federal right to raise and market their covered livestock in interstate commerce and therefore no State or subdivision thereof may enact or enforce, directly or indirectly, as a condition for sale or consumption, any condition or standard of production on products derived from covered livestock not physically raised in such State or subdivision that is in addition to, or different from, the conditions or standards of production in the State in which the production occurs.
In this section:
The term covered livestock—
means any domestic animal raised for the purpose of—
slaughter for human consumption; or
producing products manufactured for human consumption which are derived from the processing of milk, including fluid milk products; and
does not include domestic animals raised for the primary purpose of egg production.
The term production—
means the raising (including breeding) of covered livestock; and
does not include the movement, harvesting, or further processing of covered livestock.