S 184referred119th Congress

CURD Act

Introduced Jan 22, 2025Senate billPolicy area: HealthLast action Jan 22, 2025Sponsor: Ron Johnson(R-WI)

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What the bill does

Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act or the CURD Act This bill establishes a statutory definition for natural cheese . Under the bill, natural cheese is defined as cheese (ripened or unripened soft, semi-soft, or hard) that is produced from animal milk or certain dairy ingredients and is produced in accordance with established cheese-making standards. The definition excludes pasteurized process cheeses, cheese foods, and cheese spreads. A food that does not meet this definition is deemed misbranded and may not be sold if its label includes the term natural cheese as a factual descriptor of a category of cheese.

Latest official action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Lobbying Filings Citing It

$1.3M

Reported on Those Filings, All Issues

Lobbying Clients

Recorded Votes

Timeline

Jan 22, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 10, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION

Apr 18, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

Jul 14, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION

Jul 18, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

Jul 20, 2025lobbying

Official Congressional Actions

Jan 22, 2025IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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Jan 22, 2025IntroReferral

Introduced in Senate

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION	NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION	$269.5K	Jul 14, 2025	2025Q2	AGRANIBUD
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION	INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION	$260.0K	Jul 18, 2025	2025Q2	AGRTRDFOO
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION

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The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.