PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
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Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] · D–AL
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-02 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would cancel a specified presidential proclamation concerning affordable beef and prohibit federal spending to carry it out. It would also prevent the President and other officials from lowering tariffs, duties, or other fees—charges on imported beef and beef products—unless Congress authorized the change by law or declared an emergency concerning the domestic beef supply. These are proposed restrictions, not established changes to law.
Presidential proclamation 11059 of August 26, 2026, titled Further Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American consumer (91 Fed. Reg. 55989), shall have no force or effect and no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to carry out such Presidential proclamation.
The President, or any other official, may not waive, suspend, or otherwise reduce a tariff, duty, or other fee on beef or beef products, imported into the United States unless Congress enacts such a waiver, suspension, or reduction, into law or declares a state of emergency with respect to the American domestic beef supply.
Section 1 would name the legislation the Protecting American Beef Producers Act.
This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Beef Producers Act.
Section 2 would strip Presidential Proclamation 11059, dated August 26, 2026, of legal effect. It would also prohibit federal agencies from committing or spending federal funds to carry out that proclamation.
Presidential proclamation 11059 of August 26, 2026, titled Further Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American consumer (91 Fed. Reg. 55989), shall have no force or effect and no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to carry out such Presidential proclamation.
Section 3 would prohibit the President or any other official from eliminating, temporarily suspending, or otherwise reducing tariffs, duties, or other fees on beef and beef products imported into the United States.
The President, or any other official, may not waive, suspend, or otherwise reduce a tariff, duty, or other fee on beef or beef products, imported into the United States unless Congress enacts such a waiver, suspension, or reduction, into law or declares a state of emergency with respect to the American domestic beef supply.
The restriction on reducing import charges has two exceptions: Congress could enact the waiver, suspension, or reduction into law, or Congress could declare an emergency concerning the American domestic beef supply. The emergency exception specifies a congressional declaration.
unless Congress enacts such a waiver, suspension, or reduction, into law or declares a state of emergency with respect to the American domestic beef supply.
The supplied action snapshot, updated September 22, 2026, records introduction in the House on September 2, 2026, and referral that day to the Ways and Means and Agriculture committees for consideration of provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-22T18:48:43Z.
2026-09-02: Introduced in House
2026-09-02: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-09-02. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
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Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
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