Proclamation 2026-17842 explained · Proclamation
Further Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer
Signed: 2026-08-26 Published: 2026-08-31 Federal Register document: 2026-17842
Agencies: Executive Office of the President
What Proclamation 2026-17842 says
Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 167 (Monday, August 31, 2026) [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 167 (Monday, August 31, 2026)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 55989-55994] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-17842] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 167 / Monday, August 31, 2026 / Presidential Documents [[Page 55989]] Proclamation 11059 of August 26, 2026 Further Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. In Proclamation 11010 of February 6, 2026 (Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer), I found that cattle ranchers in the United States have played, and continue to play, an integral role in food production for the United States; that the United States is the world's largest consumer of beef and is a large importer of beef; that, because of recent circumstances, beef prices have increased unreasonably for United States consumers; that imports into the United States of certain beef products, including lean beef trimmings, are currently subject to the United States tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for beef; and that the United States supply of lean beef trimmings or directly competitive or substitutable agricultural products will be inadequate to meet domestic demand at reasonable prices because of a natural...
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