H.R. 3038

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3038 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3038

To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to improve the prevention of 
the spread of animal diseases, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 28, 2025

Mr. Feenstra (for himself and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following 
bill; which was 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

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to improve the prevention of 
the spread of animal diseases, 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 ``Safe American Food Exports Act of 
2025'' or the ``SAFE Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ENGAGEMENT WITH KEY EXPORT MARKETS.

(a) In General.--Section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act 
(7 U.S.C. 8304) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Engagement With Key Export Markets.--
``(1) In general.--To reduce the impact of animal disease 
outbreaks on United States exports, the Secretary, acting 
through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service, the Under Secretary of Agriculture for 
Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, and the Administrator 
of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, in consultation with 
the United States Trade Representative, is authorized to 
negotiate in advance, to the extent practicable, 
regionalization, zoning, compartmentalization, and other 
agreements regarding outbreaks of known animal disease threats 
of trade significance with the governments of countries with 
export markets for livestock animals or animal products from 
the United States.
``(2) Research.--A negotiation carried out under paragraph 
(1) should seek to take into account accepted global research 
advances.''.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed--
(1) to limit the ability of the United States Trade 
Representative to negotiate trade agreements; or
(2) to require the United States Trade Representative to 
condition other trade agreements on the inclusion of language 
relating to reducing the impact of animal disease outbreaks on 
United States exports, as described in subsection (d)(1) of 
section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
3804) (as inserted by subsection (a)(2)).
<all>