S.Amdt. 4971Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)2nd degree

S.Amdt. 4971

Sponsored by Jon TesterSen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
Submitted July 6, 2016

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SA 4971. Mr. TESTER (for himself 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:

On page 2, strike lines 6 through 15 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;
and
``(B) for which the genetic material has been altered in a
manner that does not occur naturally by mating or
conventional breeding.
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