S.Amdt. 4958

SA 4958. Mr. FRANKEN 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. 3. BIOENGINEERED FOOD HEALTH STUDIES.

(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``bioengineering'' has the meaning given such
term in section 291 of the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946
(as added by section 1);
(2) the term ``Director of NIH'' means the Director of the
National Institutes of Health; and
(3) the term ``food'' has the meaning given such term in
section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. 321).
(b) Establishment.--The Director of NIH shall establish a
program under which the Director of NIH shall provide grants
to eligible entities to study--
(1) the potential human health benefits and risks of
bioengineered food; and
(2) the potential human health benefits and risks
associated with the use of herbicides and pesticides in
growing bioengineered crops.
(c) Long-term Studies.--In selecting entities to receive
grants under this section, the Director of NIH shall give
priority to entities that propose to conduct long-term
studies or other innovative studies, at the discretion of the
Director of NIH.
(d) Eligible Entities.--Entities eligible for grants under
this section include academic institutions, national
laboratories, Federal research agencies, State and tribal
research agencies, public-private partnerships, and
consortiums of 2 or more such entities.
(e) Reports.--The Director of NIH shall submit to the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the
Senate and the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on
Energy and Commerce of House of Representative periodic
reports describing--
(1) each study for which a grant has been provided under
this section;
(2) any preliminary findings as a result of each such
study; and
(3) a summary of topics that remain uncertain with respect
to the potential human health benefits and risks of
bioengineered food, and where additional research is still
needed.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to

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carry out this section $50,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
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