S.Amdt. 3228

SA 3228. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr. Roberts (for himself and
Ms. Stabenow) 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 A of title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. 121__. GRASS-FED LABELING OF CERTAIN MEAT PRODUCTS.

Subtitle A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) (as amended by section 10102(b)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 210B. GRASS-FED LABELING OF CERTAIN MEAT PRODUCTS.

``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered product.--The term `covered product' means a
beef product, a lamb product, a goat product, and a bison
product.
``(2) Nontherapeutic.--The term `nontherapeutic', with
respect to an antibiotic, hormone, or other drug, means
administration of the drug to an animal for purposes other
than individualized disease treatment or nonroutine disease
control, such as growth promotion, feed efficiency, weight
gain, or disease prevention.
``(b) Establishment of Standard.--The Secretary shall
establish a standard for the use of the claim `grass-fed' on
covered product labels relating to the raising of animals for
the covered products.
``(c) Requirements.--In the standard established under
subsection (b), the term `grass fed', or any substantially
similar word or phrase, shall not be used on the label of any
covered product unless the person making the claim submits
and continues to submit not less than once every 15 months to
the Secretary a certificate indicating that a qualified
auditor has determined that all producers supplying animals
for the covered product are in compliance with the following
standards:
``(1) The animal is not confined to a feedlot at any point
in their life from birth to slaughter.
``(2) The animal is not treated with nontherapeutic
antibiotics or hormones from birth to slaughter.
``(3) The animal is not fed any diet other than grass or
forage after being weaned from the milk of the applicable
animal until slaughter.
``(4) The animal is provided continuous access to pasture
during the grazing season from weaning until slaughter.''.
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