The “Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act”, HR 4417, was introduced in June 2023 by Ashley Hinson of IOWA, seeks to roll back a number of state protections for animals, such as California’s Proposition 12. As you may guess from its libertarian-sounding name, this proposed law would curb individual states’ ability to set certain standards for animal welfare.

The bill aims to promote agricultural trade by prohibiting state and local governments from imposing standards or conditions on the pre-harvest production of agricultural products if the production occurs in another state and the standard or condition is in addition to the standards and conditions set by federal law and the laws of the state and local government where the production occurs. It also establishes a federal cause of action to challenge state regulation of interstate commerce related to agricultural products.

Among other groups, the The ASPCA opposes EATS and encourages like-minded people to voice their opposition.