Real MEAT Act of 2019
Latest action · Nov 14, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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.
- IntroducedOct 28, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Real Marketing Edible Artificials Truthfully Act of 2019 or the Real MEAT Act of 2019
This bill prohibits the sale of any imitation meat food product unless its label includes (1) the word imitation, and (2) a statement that clearly indicates the product is not derived from or does not contain meat.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 28, 2019 to Mar 10, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Anthony Brindisi | Original | Oct 28, 2019 |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Ron Wright | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| R-MN | Jim Hagedorn | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| R-WY | Liz Cheney | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Dec 4, 2019 | |
| R-AL | Martha Roby | Dec 9, 2019 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Dec 9, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Dec 10, 2019 | |
| R-KS | Steve Watkins | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Jan 10, 2020 | |
| R-TN | John W. Rose | Feb 5, 2020 | |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Feb 26, 2020 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Mar 10, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Oct 28, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 29, 2019 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Oct 28, 2019 |
| Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee | Referred Nov 14, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
- Oct 29, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 28, 2019Introduced in House
- Oct 28, 2019Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 170, October 28, 2019, page H8540.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3016 | Real MEAT Act of 2019 | Related bill | Dec 11, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure that consumers can make informed decisions in choosing between meat products such as beef and imitation meat products, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Real MEAT Act of 2019
- Real Marketing Edible Artificials Truthfully Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 28, 2019Introduced 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.
