S.Amdt. 2019

SA 2019. Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr.
Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for
Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to
establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and
report on economic security, science, research, innovation,
manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain
resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the end of title III of division F, add the following:

SEC. 6302. REPORT ON COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN LABELING FOR BEEF,
PORK, AND OTHER MEAT PRODUCTS.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the United States Trade Representative and the
Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly submit to the
Committee on Finance and the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on
Ways and Means and the Committee on Agriculture of the House
of Representatives a report on the ruling issued by the World
Trade Organization in 2015 on country-of-origin labeling for
beef, pork, and other meat products that includes--
(1) an assessment of the impact of the ruling on--
(A) consumer awareness regarding the origin of meat
consumed in the United States;
(B) agricultural producers in the United States, taking
into consideration other marketplace dynamics;
(C) the security and resilience of the food supply in the
United States; and
(D) the continuity of trade and the fulfillment of trade
obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement and
the Agreement between the United States of America, the
United Mexican States, and Canada; and
(2) if the assessment under paragraph (1) indicates that
the ruling had a negative impact on consumers in the United
States, agricultural producers in the United States, and the
overall security and resilience of the food supply in the
United States, recommendations for such legislative or
administrative action as the Secretary of Agriculture
considers appropriate--

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(A) to better inform consumers in the United States;
(B) to support agricultural producers in the United States;
and
(C) to improve the security and resilience of the food
supply in the United States.
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