,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #h1         
#bjai,mr4 ,king of ,iowa 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,peterson1 ,mr4 ,marshall1 ,mr4    
,estes1 and ,mr4 ,gibbs7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prevent ,states and local
 jurisdictions from interfering with the
 production and distribution of         
agricultural products in interstate or  
foreign commerce1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protect ,interstate
 ,commerce ,act of #bjai4  #b4          
,prohibition against interference by    
,state and local governments with       
production or manufacture of items in   

other ,states ,consistent with article  
,i1 section #h1 clause #c of the        
,constitution of the ,united ,states1   
the government of a ,state or locality  
therein shall not impose a standard or  
condition on the production or          
manufacture of any agricultural product 
sold or offered for sale in interstate  
commerce if--  7#a7 such production or  
manufacture occurs in another ,state2   
and  7#b7 the standard or condition is  
in addition to the standards and        
conditions applicable to such production
 or manufacture pursuant to--  7,a7     
,federal law2 and  7,b7 the laws of the 
,state and locality in which such       
production or manufacture occurs4  #c4  
,federal cause of action to challenge   
,state regulation of interstate commerce
  7a7 ,private right of action ,a       
person1 including1 but not limited to1 a
 producer1 transporter1 distributer1    
consumer1 laborer1 trade association1   
the ,federal ,government1 a ,state      
government1 or a unit of local          

government1 which is affected by a      
regulation of a ,state or unit of local 
government which regulates any aspect of
 an agricultural product1 including any 
aspect of the method of production1     
which is sold in interstate commerce1 or
 any means or instrumentality through   
which such an agricultural product is   
sold in interstate commerce1 may bring  
an action in the appropriate court to   
invalidate such a regulation and seek   
damages for economic loss resulting from
 such regulation4  7b7 ,preliminary     
injunction ,upon a motion of the        
plaintiff described in subsection 7a71  
the court shall issue a preliminary     
injunction to preclude the ,state or    
unit of local government from enforcing 
the regulation at issue until such time 
as the court enters a final judgment in 
the case1 unless the ,state or unit of  
local government proves by clear and    
convincing evidence that--  7#a7 the    
,state or unit of local government is   
likely to prevail on the merits at      

trial2 and  7#b7 the injunction would   
cause irreparable harm to the ,state or 
unit of local government4  7c7 ,statute 
of limitations ,no action shall be      
maintained under this section unless it 
is commenced within #aj years after the 
cause of action arose4  #d4             
,agricultural product defined ,in this  
,act1 the term agricultural product has 
the meaning given such term in section  
#bjg of the ,agricultural ,marketing    
,act of #aidf 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #afbf74