To prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of donkeys or donkey hides for the purpose of producing ejiao, to prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of products containing ejiao, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of donkeys or donkey hides for the purpose of producing ejiao, to prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of products containing ejiao, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms. The main policy domain is Trade, Foreign Policy, Criminal Justice.
Who Benefits and How
importers, exporters, and commercial firms may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, importers, exporters, and commercial firms may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H50D5D3814A0B4341A94E2A7246A9A312: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ejiao Act of 2023.
- Section H1ABF1C9822644964895E7109DA4064D5: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Ejiao is a gelatin created from the skins of donkeys which is used in traditional Chinese medicine, beauty, cosmetic,...
- Section H9554F0AE76FD4CF4871F1660405D4D17: 3. Prohibitions No person shall knowingly import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase, in interstate or foreign commerce, in the United...
- Section HBE62A44CF4BA43B492D2940B6E736FF5: 4. Penalties and sanctions Any person who engages in conduct prohibited by section 3 may be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary of not more than $10,000...
- Section HD17B599C1164446C97B5888B13AC27FE: 5. Forfeiture All donkeys or donkey hides imported, exported, transported, sold, received, acquired, or purchased contrary to the provisions of section 3(a),...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of donkeys or donkey hides for the purpose of producing ejiao, to prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of products containing ejiao, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.
Key Policy Areas
Trade, Foreign Policy, Criminal Justice
Primary Purpose
This bill, To prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of donkeys or donkey hides for the purpose of producing ejiao, to prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of products containing ejiao, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Mr. Beyer introduced the following bill
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "secretary_of_transportation"
- → Secretary of Transportation
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