Pigs and Public Health Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4757 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4757 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to remove nonambulatory pigs from the United States food system, to establish an online portal for confidential complaints, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 25, 2025 Ms. Escobar (for herself, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. McGovern) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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 direct the Secretary of Agriculture to remove nonambulatory pigs from the United States food system, to establish an online portal for confidential complaints, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Pigs and Public Health Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Definitions. TITLE I--HUMANE HANDLING REFORMS FOR NONAMBULATORY PIGS Sec. 101. Unlawful use of drugs contributing to nonambulatory conditions. Sec. 102. Transportation of pigs. Sec. 103. Unlawful slaughter practices involving pigs. Sec. 104. OSHA standard and staffing requirement. TITLE II--PUBLIC HEALTH TRANSPARENCY Sec. 201. Online portal for confidential complaints. Sec. 202. Whistleblower protection. Sec. 203. Study and report on threat of nonambulatory pigs in food system. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the foll