H.R. 5954

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5954 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5954

To require the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Agriculture, to determine a means of reinstating 
mandatory country of origin labeling for beef that is in compliance 
with all applicable rules of the World Trade Organization, and for 
other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 7, 2025

Mr. Johnson of South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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A BILL

To require the United States Trade Representative, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Agriculture, to determine a means of reinstating 
mandatory country of origin labeling for beef that is in compliance 
with all applicable rules of the World Trade Organization, 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 ``Beef Origin Labeling Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF MANDATORY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING FOR BEEF.

(a) In General.--The United States Trade Representative, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall determine a means 
of reinstating mandatory country of origin labeling for beef that is in 
compliance with all applicable rules of the World Trade Organization.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter as appropriate, 
the United States Trade Representative shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that includes--
(1) a description of progress in meeting the requirements 
of subsection (a); and
(2) recommendations for legislation to implement the 
requirements of subsection (a), including the means of 
reinstating mandatory country of origin labeling for beef, if 
necessary, as well as engagements with the Trade 
Representative's counterparts in other governments on this 
matter.
(c) Consultations To Resolve WTO Dispute Settlements.--The United 
States Trade Representative shall seek to enter into consultations 
with--
(1) the Trade Representative's counterpart in the 
Government of Canada to resolve the matters involved in the 
World Trade Organization's dispute settlement identified as 
``DS384'' and titled ``United States-Certain Country of Origin 
Labeling Requirements''; and
(2) the Trade Representative's counterpart in the 
Government of Mexico to resolve the matters involved in the 
World Trade Organization's dispute settlement identified as 
``DS386'' and titled ``United States-Certain Country of Origin 
Labeling Requirements''.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, the 
term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.
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