S.Amdt. 4954

SA 4954. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Murray, Mr.
Sullivan, and Mr. Merkley) 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:

At the end, add the following:

SEC. __. MARKET NAME FOR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, including the amendments made by section 1, for purposes
of applying the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. 301 et seq.), the acceptable market name of any salmon
that is genetically engineered shall include the words
``Genetically Engineered'' or ``GE'' prior to the existing
acceptable market name.
(b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, salmon is
genetically engineered if it has been modified by recombinant
DNA (rDNA) techniques, including the entire lineage of salmon
that contain the rDNA modification.
(c) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this Act, including the
amendments made by this Act, affects the authority of the
Food and Drug Administration to establish market names for
foods.
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