,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cdbc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #aj1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,cotton introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to make inapplicable to     
surplus broiler hatching eggs certain   
regulations relating to shell eggs1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,lowering
 ,egg ,prices ,act of #bjbe4  #b4       
,inapplicability of certain shell egg   
rule provisions to surplus broiler      
hatching eggs sold to egg breakers  7a7 
,inapplicability of current rule        
,effective on the date of the enactment 
of this ,act1 section #aah4d7;e7 of     
title #ba1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations 7or successor regulations7 
shall not apply with respect to surplus 
broiler hatching eggs that are intended 
to be sold to an egg breaker for        
purposes of processing such eggs as     

liquid egg products subject to          
regulation under the ,egg ,products     
,inspection ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #ajca et
 seq474  7b7 ,revised rule required ,not
 later than #ahj days after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 acting through the           
,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs and in
 consultation with the ,secretary of    
,agriculture1 shall issue a rule        
revising section #aah4d of title #ba1   
,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or      
successor regulations71 to allow for    
surplus broiler hatching eggs to be held
 at such temperature and for such period
 of time at such temperature1 so as to  
be compatible with conditions for       
hatching chicks and to allow for the    
sale of such eggs to egg breakers for   
the purposes described in subsection    
7a74  7c7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3   
7#a7 ,the terms egg and egg product have
 the meanings given such terms in       
section #d of the ,egg ,products        

,inspection ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #ajcc74 
7#b7 ,the term egg breaker means a      
facility in the commercial sector that  
processes eggs by breaking the eggs out 
of their shells and selling the         
resulting liquid egg product in bulk to 
food manufacturers4  7#c7 ,the term     
broiler hatching egg means an egg       
intended for use by broiler hatcheries  
for the production of baby chicks4  7#d7
 ,the term broiler hatchery means a     
facility where fertilized eggs from     
broiler breeder chickens are incubated  
and hatched into day-old chicks1 which  
are then raised on farms to produce meat
 as broiler chickens4