REAL Meat Act of 2024

Right to Eat Authentic and Legitimate Meat Act of 2024 or the REAL Meat Act of 2024

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to support, directly or indirectly, the production, advancement, or enhancement of cell-cultured meat. Under the bill, cell-cultured meat means meat that is sourced from the cells of animals and artificially produced in a laboratory.

The bill includes an exemption for federal funds of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that are used for activities related to cell-cultured meat that is intended for off-planet consumption.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8757 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8757

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2024

   Mr. Davidson (for himself, Mr. Massie, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Hern, Mr. 
 Steube, Mr. Baird, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Jackson of Texas, and Mr. Self) 
 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 cell-cultured 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 ``Right to Eat Authentic and 
Legitimate Meat Act of 2024'' or the ``REAL Meat Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. NO FEDERAL FUNDS SUPPORTING CELL-CULTURED MEAT.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), no Federal funds may be 
used to support, directly or indirectly, the production, advancement, 
or enhancement of cell-cultured meat, including through--
            (1) conducting or supporting research on cell-cultured 
        meat;
            (2) supporting meatpacking plants, organizations, or groups 
        relating to cell-cultured meat;
            (3) allowing for the receipt of any assistance or other 
        benefit under a program administered by the Secretary of 
        Agriculture for any product that includes as an ingredient 
        cell-cultured meat; and
            (4) the promotion and advertisement of cell-cultured meat.
    (b) NASA Exemption.--The prohibition described in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to Federal funds of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration used to support, directly or indirectly, the production, 
advancement, or enhancement of cell-cultured meat that is intended for 
off-planet consumption.
    (c) Cell-Cultured Meat Defined.--In this section, the term ``cell-
cultured meat'' means meat sourced from cells of animals and 
artificially produced in a laboratory.
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