S.Amdt. 2302

SA 2302. Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Burr, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Risch, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Perdue) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPEAL OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR BEEF, PORK, AND CHICKEN.

(a) Definitions.--Section 281 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638) is amended--

(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (7);

(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (8), and (9) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and

(3) in paragraph (1)(A) (as so redesignated)--

(A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the following new clause:

“(i) muscle cuts of lamb and venison;”;

(B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following new clause:

“(ii) ground lamb and ground venison;”;

(C) by striking clause (viii); and

(D) by redesignating clauses (ix), (x), and (xi) as clauses (viii), (ix), and (x), respectively.

(b) Notice of Country of Origin.--Section 282 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638a) is amended--

(1) in subsection (a)(2)--

(A) in the heading, by striking “beef, lamb, pork, chicken,” and inserting “lamb,”;

(B) by striking “beef, lamb, pork, chicken,” and inserting “lamb,” each place it appears in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D); and

(C) in subparagraph (E)--

(i) in the heading, by striking “Ground beef, pork, lamb, chicken,” and inserting “Ground lamb,”; and

(ii) by striking “ground beef, ground pork, ground lamb, ground chicken,” each place it appears and inserting “ground lamb,”; and

(2) in subsection (f)(2)--

(A) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C); and

(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.