S.Amdt. 3120Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)

S.Amdt. 3120

Submitted June 26, 2018

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Senate amendment submitted

June 26, 2018

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SA 3120. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Wyden)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R.
2, to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other
programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 125__. MARKET NAME FOR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for purposes of applying the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), the acceptable market
name of any salmon that is genetically engineered shall
include the words ``Genetically Engineered'' or ``GE'' before
the existing acceptable market name.
(b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, salmon is
genetically engineered if it has been modified by recombinant
DNA (rDNA) techniques, including the entire lineage of salmon
that contain the rDNA modification.
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