S.Amdt. 4972

SA 4972. Mr. SASSE 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:

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the
following:

SECTION 1. LABELING OF CERTAIN FOOD.

The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``Subtitle E--Labeling of Certain Food

``SEC. 291. FEDERAL PREEMPTION.

``(a) Definitions.--In this subtitle:
``(1) Food.--The term `food' has the meaning given the term
in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(21 U.S.C. 321).
``(2) Genetically engineered.--The term `genetically
engineered' has the meaning given the term in the Coordinated
Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology, published June
26, 1986, and February 27, 1992 (51 Fed. Reg. 23302; 57 Fed.
Reg. 6753).
``(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 or
seed in interstate commerce any requirement relating to the
labeling of whether a food (including food served in a
restaurant or similar establishment) or seed is genetically
engineered or was developed or produced using genetic
engineering, including any requirement for claims that a food
or seed is or contains an ingredient that was developed or
produced using genetic engineering.''.

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