S.Amdt. 4960

SA 4960. Mr. LEAHY 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 13, strike lines 8 through 19 and insert the
following:
``(b) Federal Preemption.--No State or a political
subdivision of a State may directly or indirectly establish
under any authority or continue in effect as to any food in
interstate commerce any requirement relating to the labeling
of whether a food (including food served in a restaurant or
similar establishment) is genetically engineered (which shall
include such other similar terms as determined by the
Secretary of Agriculture) or was developed or produced using
genetic engineering, including any requirement for claims
that a food is or contains an ingredient that was developed
or produced using genetic engineering.
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