To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to protect ranchers from out-of-state regulation that interferes with interstate livestock production, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · November 30, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
This bill would prevent states from enforcing their own livestock production and animal welfare laws against products raised in other states and sold across state lines. The legislation directly responds to a 2022 Supreme Court decision and would preempt state regulations that differ from or are stricter than the rules in the state where the livestock originated. Ranchers and livestock producers would be protected from having to comply with varying state standards when moving animals or meat products across state borders, though states could still block imports of diseased animals and could maintain laws that apply only within their own borders. The bill would allow the federal Attorney General, state attorneys general, and private businesses to sue to block enforcement of conflicting state regulations. No specific funding or timeline is included in the legislation.
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