SAFE Act of 2025

Hozzl · 2025-05-09T03:38:19Z

Explore the details of House Bill 3038 SAFE Act of 2025 currently in Congress. Get insights into its purpose, current status, sponsors, and potential impact on undefined. Stay informed on legislative developments.

5/9/2025, 3:38 AM

Summary of Bill HR 3038

H.R. 3038, introduced in the 119th session of Congress on April 28, 2025, aims to amend the Animal Health Protection Act to enhance measures for preventing the transmission of animal diseases and includes additional purposes.

Congressional Summary of HR 3038

Safe American Food Exports Act of 2025 or the SAFE Act of 2025

This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Agriculture to negotiate in advance for regional export ban agreements for known animal disease threats that apply only to areas affected by animal disease outbreaks to enable the continuation of exports from areas not affected by an outbreak.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Food Safety and Inspection Service, and the Foreign Agricultural Service, in consultation with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, may negotiate the regionalization, zoning, compartmentalization, and other agreements regarding outbreaks of known animal disease threats of trade significance with countries with export markets for livestock animals or animal products from the United States.

The bill also specifies that such a negotiation should seek to take into account accepted global research advances.

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Current Status of Bill HR 3038

Bill HR 3038 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since April 28, 2025. Bill HR 3038 was introduced during Congress 119 and was introduced to the House on April 28, 2025. Bill HR 3038's most recent activity was Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. as of April 28, 2025