S.Amdt. 3146

SA 3146. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him 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__. NATIONAL BIOENGINEERED FOOD DISCLOSURE STANDARD.

Section 293(d) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1639b(d)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(6) all on-package, electronic, digital, or telephone
disclosure language uses commonly used terms, such as `GMO',
`genetically modified', or `genetically engineered'; and
``(7) each food manufacturer or other entity subject to
regulations promulgated in accordance with this section, for
the purpose of complying with those regulations with respect
to salmon, finfish, or other foods produced with
bioengineering, may choose to use `bioengineered',
`genetically engineered', or `genetically modified' in the
disclosure language for the food.''.
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