Egg Bill proponents try again on Capitol Hill

摘要

The revised version of the Egg Bill provides some relief for California egg producers not found in the original draft legislation. A new version of the proposed legislation known as the Egg Bill, which encompasses the language of the laying hen welfare agreement between the United Egg Producers and the Humane Society of the United States, was introduced into the 113th Congress as H.R. 1731 and S. 820 on April 25. The new Egg Bill has revisions that clarify some of the requirements and also adds a transition period for California egg producers to ease the switch to Proposition 2 requirements.