119th Congress Agriculture and Food
H.R. 2222: Lowering Egg Prices Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill permits unrefrigerated surplus eggs originally intended for hatching to be repurposed for use in pasteurized liquid egg products intended for consumption.
Under current regulations, most eggs intended for consumption must be refrigerated within 36 hours of being laid. The bill would exempt from this requirement surplus broiler hatching eggs (eggs originally intended to be hatched and raised for meat) that are repurposed for sale to an egg breaker (a facility that sells liquid egg to food manufacturers).
(Broiler hatching eggs are generally held at a warmer temperature than other eggs in order to facilitate incubation. Because these eggs are not refrigerated, current regulations prohibit the sale of any surplus broiler hatching eggs to egg breakers for use in liquid egg products. Liquid egg products distributed for consumption are separately required under current law to be pasteurized, or treated to destroy bacteria.)
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The bill also requires the Food and Drug Administration to revise the refrigeration requirement to permit surplus broiler hatching eggs held at temperatures suitable for hatching chicks to be sold to egg breakers for processing as liquid egg products.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Andy Harris R-MDOriginal
- Pat Harrigan R-NCOriginal
- Dusty Johnson R-SDOriginal
- Michael Lawler R-NYOriginal
- Kristen McDonald Rivet D-MIOriginal
- Sarah McBride D-DEOriginal
- Gary Palmer R-ALOriginal
- Andrea Salinas D-OROriginal
- Shri Thanedar D-MIOriginal
- Steve Womack R-AROriginal
- Tony Wied R-WIOriginal
- Andrew Clyde R-GA
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PA
- April McClain Delaney D-MD
- Patrick Ryan D-NY
- Mark Messmer R-IN
- Eugene Vindman D-VA
- John Rose R-TN
- Barry Moore R-AL
- James Baird R-IN
- Bruce Westerman R-AR
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Russell Fry R-SC
Who scored on this bill
- 1Josh Riley SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Josh Riley.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.