U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB5818: Country of Origin Labeling Enforcement Act of 2025
Status: In committee, December 2, 2025
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.
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text, October 24, 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. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Country of Origin Labeling Enforcement Act of 2025 . SECTION 2. Country of origin labeling for beef (a) Definitions Section 281 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1638 ) is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) as paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively; (2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the (3) in paragraph (2)(A)(i) (as so redesignated), by striking lamb and venison and inserting beef, lamb, and venison ; and (4) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) (as so redesignated), by striking ground lamb and ground venison and inserting ground beef, ground lamb, and ground venison . (b) 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-- (1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting beef, after for ; (2) in each of subparagraphs (A) through (D), by inserting beef, before lamb each place it appears; and (3) in subparagraph (E)-- (A) in the subparagraph heading, by inserting beef, after Ground ; and (B) by inserting ground beef, before ground lamb each place …
Sponsors
- Hageman, Harriet (R, HD-000) · primary sponsor
- Ro Khanna (D)
- Warren Davidson (R, HD-008)
- Thomas Massie (R, HD-004)
- Chip Roy (R, HD-021)
- Paul Gosar (R, HD-AZ-9)
- Mary Miller (R, HD-015)
- Derrick Van Orden (R, HD-003)
- Greene, Marjorie (R, 14)
- Ryan Zinke (R, HD-001)
- Tony Wied (R, HD-008)
- Jared Huffman (D, HD-CA-2)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- : Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Common questions
- What is HB5818?
- HB5818 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Country of Origin Labeling Enforcement Act of 2025.
- What does HB5818 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of HB5818?
- In committee as of December 2, 2025. Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. (December 2, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB5818?
- Hageman, Harriet (R, HD-000), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB5818?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5818
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