Save Our Bacon Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4673 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4673

To ensure the free movement of livestock-derived products in interstate 
                               commerce.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2025

 Mrs. Hinson (for herself, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mrs. Miller-
 Meeks, Mr. Graves, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Messmer, Mr. Smith of 
  Nebraska, Mr. Flood, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Alford, Mr. Johnson of South 
   Dakota, Mr. Bost, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Harris of North Carolina, Mr. 
 Finstad, Mr. Wied, and Mr. Rose) introduced the following bill; which 
              was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure the free movement of livestock-derived products in interstate 
                               commerce.

    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 ``Save Our Bacon Act''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING THE FREE MOVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK-DERIVED PRODUCTS IN 
              INTERSTATE COMMERCE.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to--
            (1) protect the free movement in interstate commerce of 
        products derived from covered livestock;
            (2) encourage a national market of such products;
            (3) ensure that producers of covered livestock are not 
        subject to a patchwork of State laws restricting access to a 
        national market; and
            (4) ensure that the United States continues to uphold its 
        international trade obligations.
    (b) In General.--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.
    (c) Protecting Interstate Commerce.--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.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered livestock.--The term ``covered livestock''--
                    (A) means any domestic animal raised for the 
                purpose of--
                            (i) slaughter for human consumption; or
                            (ii) producing products manufactured for 
                        human consumption which are derived from the 
                        processing of milk, including fluid milk 
                        products; and
                    (B) does not include domestic animals raised for 
                the primary purpose of egg production.
            (2) Production.--The term ``production''--
                    (A) means the raising (including breeding) of 
                covered livestock; and
                    (B) does not include the movement, harvesting, or 
                further processing of covered livestock.
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