Save Our Bacon Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4673 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4673 To ensure the free movement of livestock-derived products in interstate commerce. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To ensure the free movement of livestock-derived products in interstate commerce. 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 ``Save Our Bacon Act''. 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) Protectin