HR3748-118

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe American Food Exports Act of 2023 or the SAFE Act of 2023.

2. Engagement with key export markets Section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8304) is amended— by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and by inserting after subsection (c) the following: To reduce the impact of animal disease outbreaks on United States exports, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, and the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, is authorized to negotiate regionalization, zoning, compartmentalization, and other trade agreements regarding outbreaks of known animal disease threats of trade significance with the governments of countries with export markets for livestock animals or animal products from the United States. A negotiation carried out under paragraph (1) should seek to take into account accepted global research advances. Nothing in this section may be construed— to limit the ability of the United States Trade Representative to negotiate trade agreements; or to require the United States Trade Representative to condition other trade agreements on the inclusion of language relating to reducing the impact of animal disease outbreaks on United States exports, as described in subsection (d)(1) of section 10405 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 3804). (d)Engagement with key export markets(1)In generalTo reduce the impact of animal disease outbreaks on United States exports, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, and the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, is authorized to negotiate regionalization, zoning, compartmentalization, and other trade agreements regarding outbreaks of known animal disease threats of trade significance with the governments of countries with export markets for livestock animals or animal products from the United States.(2)ResearchA negotiation carried out under paragraph (1) should seek to take into account accepted global research advances..

3. Notification system The Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate a regulation to require that, in the case of any language removed from the Import and Export Library of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall directly notify each State department of agriculture, each lead State agency for animal disease, and any State and national producer organizations representing impacted livestock producers not later than 3 days after such removal.