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HR 2558 · in committee · significant

SAFETY Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill directs USDA to work with the U.S. Trade Representative to secure foreign market access for American food and agricultural products using common names.
  • American farmers, food processors, and exporters are affected, as are foreign trading partners that may currently restrict use of these names.
  • USDA and the Trade Representative must negotiate agreements to protect these names and report to Congress every six months on their progress.

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  1. 01

    How might requiring foreign countries to accept American common names for food products affect negotiations with trading partners who have their own protected regional food designations?

  2. 02

    What evidence suggests that foreign market barriers to American agricultural products stem primarily from naming restrictions rather than other trade obstacles?

  3. 03

    Who bears the costs if foreign governments refuse to adopt American common names, and what leverage does the U.S. have to enforce compliance?

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Dusty Johnson

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Introduced 2025-04-01

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-04-01 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-04-01 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-04-01 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-04-01 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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