Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Country of Origin Labeling Enforcement Act of 2025”.
Country of Origin Labeling Enforcement Act of 2025
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.
Sec. 2 Country of origin labeling for beef
by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) as paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively;
by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:
“(1) Beef—The term beef means meat produced from cattle (including veal).”
in paragraph (2)(A)(i) (as so redesignated), by striking “lamb and venison” and inserting “beef, lamb, and venison”; and
in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) (as so redesignated), by striking “ground lamb and ground venison” and inserting “ground beef, ground lamb, and ground venison”.
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—
in the paragraph heading, by inserting “beef,” after “for”;
in each of subparagraphs (A) through (D), by inserting “beef,” before “lamb” each place it appears; and
in subparagraph (E)—
in the subparagraph heading, by inserting “beef,” after “Ground”; and
by inserting “ground beef,” before “ground lamb” each place it appears.
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)”.
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.