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
To ensure the free movement of livestock-derived products in interstate commerce.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Save Our Bacon Act
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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.