S.Amdt. 4953

SA 4953. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 4935 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Roberts) to the
bill S. 764, to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College
Program Act, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 2, strike lines 1 through 10 and insert the
following:
``(1) Bioengineering.--The term `bioengineering', and any
similar term, as determined by the Secretary, with respect to
a food, refers to a food or food ingredient that is produced
with--
``(A) in vitro nucleic acid techniques, including
recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and direct injection
of nucleic acid into cells or organelles; or
``(B) fusion of cells beyond the taxonomic family,
that overcome natural physiological reproductive or
recombinant barriers and that are not techniques used in
traditional breeding and selection..''.
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