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IMPORTANT FOLLOW-UP HERE!!
The EATS act—now called the save our bacon act—would make it illegal for states to pass animal welfare laws that apply to products produced out of state. This would gut most state level animal protection. It would be the worst law for animal welfare ever passed, and would consign hundreds of millions of animals to a life in a cage. Terrifyingly, it has been added to the recent farm bill (though fortunately, even if it passes, egg laying hens will be spared). It will be voted on in the next few days, so this is EXTREMELY TIME SENSITIVE!
There is an amendment to the farm bill that representatives could vote for called the Luna amendment which would remove the EATS act from the farm bill. This would save countless animals from extreme suffering and prevent the dissolution of most animal protection laws. It would be a catastrophe for animal welfare of historic proportions.
Fortunately, there is something you can do about it. See this document for a lot more detail, including fairly easy steps like emailing your representative. Please, please, do some of these things. This is truly a pivotal moment for animals, and how we act today might affect the fates of hundreds of millions of animals. The lives of hundreds of millions of sentient beings is in flux, and whether they are kept in nightmarish cages for their whole lives comes down to what happens in the next few days.
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Apparently, your recommended course of action is unlikely to be effective according to this lawyer who seems to know what he's talking about (and cares about preventing this legislative change). He describes a more tractable course of action