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119-hr-10509119th CongressWALLET

BEEF Act

Sponsored By: Representative Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]

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Summary

Congressional control over beef imports is the bill's core aim. It nullifies the Presidential Proclamation on beef imports, blocks executive actions that would increase beef imports without congressional approval within a 30-day window, and creates a temporary Advisory Board to help rebuild the U.S. cattle herd and boost domestic beef production.

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  • Consumers: Aims to maintain affordable beef by increasing domestic supply and advising on policies that address grocery prices and supply constraints.
  • Ranchers and processors: Directs the Board to develop strategies to retain breeding cattle, expand domestic processing capacity, and reduce regulatory obstacles for ranchers and feeders.
  • Government process and board setup: Any executive action to increase beef imports must get statutory approval during a 30-day congressional period. The Board is chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture, includes 11 additional appointed members from rancher groups, regional ranchers, processors, researchers, and market experts, and terminates four years after enactment.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Congress must approve beef import changes

This bill would cancel the Presidential Proclamation titled "Further Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer" published August 26, 2026. It would also stop any presidential action that increases beef imports from taking effect unless the President submits it to Congress and Congress enacts a law approving it within 30 days of submission. These changes would limit the executive branch’s ability to expand beef imports and could delay or block import increases.

Beef supply advisory board

This bill would create a Beef Import and Domestic Supply Advisory Board inside the Department of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture would chair the board and appoint 11 members, including ranchers from each Census region, a national rancher organization representative, a grocery affordability expert, a livestock stockyard rep (with border priority), a land-grant livestock researcher, a cattle feeder, a domestic beef processor, and an agricultural economist. The board would develop strategies to rebuild the cattle herd, boost U.S. beef production, reduce regulatory barriers for ranchers, and advise the Secretary and Congress. The board would be created on enactment and end four years later.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]

NM • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]

    IA • R

    Sponsored 9/17/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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