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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2222
To make inapplicable to surplus broiler hatching eggs certain regulations
relating to shell eggs, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH18, 2025
Mr. R
ILEYof New York (for himself, Mr. JOHNSONof South Dakota, Ms.
M
CDONALDRIVET, Mr. HARRIGAN, Mr. WIED, Mr. HARRISof Maryland,
Mr. W
OMACK, Mr. PALMER, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. SALINAS,
and Ms. M
CBRIDE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To make inapplicable to surplus broiler hatching eggs certain
regulations relating to shell eggs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lowering Egg Prices 4
Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN SHELL EGG RULE 1
PROVISIONS TO SURPLUS BROILER HATCH-2
ING EGGS SOLD TO EGG BREAKERS. 3
(a) I
NAPPLICABILITY OFCURRENTRULE.—Effective 4
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, section 5
118.4(e) of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc-6
cessor regulations) shall not apply with respect to surplus 7
broiler hatching eggs that are intended to be sold to an 8
egg breaker for purposes of processing such eggs as liquid 9
egg products subject to regulation under the Egg Products 10
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.). 11
(b) R
EVISEDRULEREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 12
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-13
retary of Health and Human Services, acting through the 14
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and in consultation 15
with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall issue a rule revis-16
ing section 118.4 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations 17
(or successor regulations), to allow for surplus broiler 18
hatching eggs to be held at such temperature and for such 19
period of time at such temperature, so as to be compatible 20
with conditions for hatching chicks and to allow for the 21
sale of such eggs to egg breakers for the purposes de-22
scribed in subsection (a). 23
(c) D
EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 24
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(1) The terms ‘‘egg’’ and ‘‘egg product’’ have 1
the meanings given such terms in section 4 of the 2
Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1033). 3
(2) The term ‘‘egg breaker’’ means a facility in 4
the commercial sector that processes eggs by break-5
ing the eggs out of their shells and selling the result-6
ing liquid egg product in bulk to food manufactur-7
ers. 8
(3) The term ‘‘broiler hatching egg’’ means an 9
egg intended for use by broiler hatcheries for the 10
production of baby chicks. 11
(4) The term ‘‘broiler hatchery’’ means a facil-12
ity where fertilized eggs from broiler breeder chick-13
ens are incubated and hatched into day-old chicks, 14
which are then raised on farms to produce meat as 15
broiler chickens. 16
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