United States · Bill · S
S. 2479 (116th)
A bill to provide clarification regarding the common or usual name for bison and compliance with section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced
16 September 2019
Last action
16 September 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND], Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO], Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Sen. Thune, John [R-SD], Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
6 December 2025
Summary
This bill prohibits the sale of food that contains water buffalo and is labeled as buffalo unless the specific term used in the labeling is water buffalo .
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Timeline
16 September 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
16 September 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 16 September 2019 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
- · sshr00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2479
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/2479
- us · 116-s-2479 · source updated 6 December 2025