Pathogen Reduction and Testing Reform Act of 2014
Latest action · Aug 11, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 25, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pathogen Reduction and Testing Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to revise the definition of "adulterated" to make explicit the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) authority to issue a recall of meat, poultry, and egg products that contain microbial pathogens associated with serious illness or death or are resistant to two or more antibiotics critically important for human medicine.
Requires the USDA to establish sampling protocols and testing procedures necessary to determine if meat, poultry, and egg products are adulterated under this Act and to prevent the entry, flow, or movement of those products into commerce.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2014 to Dec 11, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Jun 25, 2014 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 8, 2014 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jul 8, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jul 8, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jul 16, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jul 24, 2014 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jul 25, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Gloria Negrete McLeod | Aug 1, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Sep 8, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Sep 9, 2014 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Dec 11, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jun 25, 2014 |
| Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee | Referred Aug 11, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 11, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit.
- Jun 25, 2014Introduced in House
- Jun 25, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5769.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R42885 | Food Safety Issues for the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Apr 10, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to provide that meat, poultry, and egg products containing certain pathogens or contaminants are adulterated, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Pathogen Reduction and Testing Reform Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
