This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a working group to (1) evaluate the food safety threat posed by beef imported from Brazil, and (2) make recommendations regarding whether or not the importation of beef from Brazil should be permitted. The bill also suspends imports of beef from Brazil until the working group submits its recommendations to USDA.
To require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the food 
    safety threat posed by beef imported from Brazil, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. WORKING GROUP ON BEEF IMPORTED FROM BRAZIL.

    (a) Establishment of Working Group.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
        establish a working group--
                    (A) to evaluate the food safety threat posed by 
                beef and beef products imported from Brazil; and
                    (B) to make recommendations to the Secretary with 
                respect to whether the importation of beef and beef 
                products from Brazil into the United States should be 
                permitted.
            (2) Membership.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
        working group established under paragraph (1) includes--
                    (A) experts on food safety; and
                    (B) representatives of U.S. Customs and Border 
                Protection and other Federal agencies with 
                responsibilities relating to international trade.
    (b) Temporary Suspension of Imports.--Beef and beef products 
imported from Brazil may not enter the United States during the 
period--
            (1) beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) ending on the date on which the working group 
        established under subsection (a)(1) submits to the Secretary 
        the recommendations required by subparagraph (B) of that 
        subsection.
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A bill to require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the food safety threat posed by beef imported from Brazil, and for other purposes.
A bill to require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the food safety threat posed by beef imported from Brazil, and for other purposes.
Official Titles - Senate
Official Title as Introduced
A bill to require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the food safety threat posed by beef imported from Brazil, and for other purposes.
Sen. Tester, Jon