Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Right to Eat Authentic and Legitimate Meat Act of 2024 or the REAL Meat Act of 2024.
(a) In general
Subject to subsection (b), no Federal funds may be used to support, directly or indirectly, the production, advancement, or enhancement of cell-cultured meat, including through—
(1) conducting or supporting research on cell-cultured meat;
(2) supporting meatpacking plants, organizations, or groups relating to cell-cultured meat;
(3) allowing for the receipt of any assistance or other benefit under a program administered by the Secretary of Agriculture for any product that includes as an ingredient cell-cultured meat; and
(4) the promotion and advertisement of cell-cultured meat.
(b) NASA exemption
The prohibition described in subsection (a) shall not apply to Federal funds of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration used to support, directly or indirectly, the production, advancement, or enhancement of cell-cultured meat that is intended for off-planet consumption.
(c) Cell-Cultured meat defined
In this section, the term cell-cultured meat means meat sourced from cells of animals and artificially produced in a laboratory.