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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1116 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit the use of Federal funds to support cell-cultured meat, and |
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| 6 | 6 | | for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY7, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. D |
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| 10 | 10 | | AVIDSON(for himself, Mr. NEHLS, and Mr. BAIRD) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To prohibit the use of Federal funds to support cell-cultured |
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| 14 | 14 | | meat, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Right to Eat Authentic 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | and Legitimate Meat Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘REAL Meat 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. NO FEDERAL FUNDS SUPPORTING CELL-CULTURED 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | MEAT. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) I |
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| 24 | 24 | | NGENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), no Fed-9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | eral funds may be used to support, directly or indirectly, 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1116 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | the production, advancement, or enhancement of cell-cul-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | tured meat, including through— 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) conducting or supporting research on cell- 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | cultured meat; 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) supporting meatpacking plants, organiza-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | tions, or groups relating to cell-cultured meat; 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) allowing for the receipt of any assistance or 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | other benefit under a program administered by the 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Secretary of Agriculture for any product that in-9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | cludes as an ingredient cell-cultured meat; and 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (4) the promotion and advertisement of cell-cul-11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tured meat. 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) NASA E |
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| 42 | 42 | | XEMPTION.—The prohibition described 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | in subsection (a) shall not apply to Federal funds of the 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | National Aeronautics and Space Administration used to 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | support, directly or indirectly, the production, advance-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ment, or enhancement of cell-cultured meat that is in-17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | tended for off-planet consumption. 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (c) C |
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| 49 | 49 | | ELL-CULTUREDMEATDEFINED.—In this sec-19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | tion, the term ‘‘cell-cultured meat’’ means meat that is 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | sourced from the cells of animals and artificially produced 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | in a laboratory. 22 |
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