S.Amdt. 1025
What it does: Adds SEC. 122___. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE LABELING OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS on page 1150, line 15
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)What it changes
1 change to S. 954
Adds SEC. 122___. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE LABELING OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS on page 1150, line 15
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 122___. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE LABELING OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
Inserted: (1) 64 countries, including the United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, Brazil, Australia, India, China, all countries of the European Union, and other key United States trading partners, have laws or regulations mandating the disclosure of genetically engineered food on food labels;
Inserted: (2) 26 States have introduced legislation in 2013 that would require the labeling of genetically engineered foods;
Inserted: (3) the Food and Drug Administration requires the labeling of more than 3,000 ingredients, additives, and processes;
Inserted: (4) the Food and Drug Administration has the statutory authority to require the labeling of genetically engineered foods; and
Inserted: (5) the process of genetic engineering results in material changes to foods at the molecular level that have never occurred in traditional varieties and are determinative of food purchases by consumers.
Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the United States should join the 64 other countries that have given consumers the right to know if the foods purchased to feed their families have been genetically engineered or contain genetically engineered ingredients.
Original wording
On page 1150, after line 15, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1025. Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Begich, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Tester) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 954, to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2018; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 1150, after line 15, add the following:
SEC. 122___. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE LABELING OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS.
(a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
(1) 64 countries, including the United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, Brazil, Australia, India, China, all countries of the European Union, and other key United States trading partners, have laws or regulations mandating the disclosure of genetically engineered food on food labels;
(2) 26 States have introduced legislation in 2013 that would require the labeling of genetically engineered foods;
(3) the Food and Drug Administration requires the labeling of more than 3,000 ingredients, additives, and processes;
(4) the Food and Drug Administration has the statutory authority to require the labeling of genetically engineered foods; and
(5) the process of genetic engineering results in material changes to foods at the molecular level that have never occurred in traditional varieties and are determinative of food purchases by consumers.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the United States should join the 64 other countries that have given consumers the right to know if the foods purchased to feed their families have been genetically engineered or contain genetically engineered ingredients.
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Senate amendment submitted
May 21, 2013