American Meat Industry Protection Act of 2023

American Meat Industry Protection Act of 2023

This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to support, directly or indirectly, the production, advancement, or enhancement of lab-grown meat (i.e., meat sourced from the cells of animals and artificially produced in a laboratory).

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4805 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4805

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to support lab-grown meat, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2023

  Mr. Santos introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to support lab-grown meat, 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 Meat Industry Protection 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. NO FEDERAL FUNDS SUPPORTING LAB-GROWN MEAT.

    (a) In General.--No Federal funds may be used to support, directly 
or indirectly, the production, advancement, or enhancement of lab-grown 
meat, including through--
            (1) conducting or supporting research on lab-grown meat;
            (2) supporting meatpacking plants, organizations, or groups 
        relating to lab-grown meat; and
            (3) excluding from the receipt of any assistance or other 
        benefit under a program administered by the Secretary of 
        Agriculture any farm, ranch, producer, or other entity that 
        produces lab-grown meat.
    (b) Lab-Grown Meat Defined.--In this section, the term ``lab-grown 
meat'' means meat sourced from cells of animals and artificially 
produced in a laboratory.
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