S.Amdt. 4961

SA 4961. 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 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--
``(A) that is produced with genetic engineering techniques,
including--
``(i) recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA);
``(ii) cell fusion;
``(iii) micro and macro injection;
``(iv) encapsulation; and
``(v) gene deletion and doubling; and
``(B) for which the genetic material has been altered in a
way that does not occur naturally by mating, natural
recombination, or conventional breeding.
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