H.R. 1396

To amend the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to prohibit the labeling of cloned livestock and products derived from cloned livestock as organic.

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110th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1396

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 7, 2007

Ms. Woolsey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To amend the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to prohibit the labeling of cloned livestock and products derived from cloned livestock as organic.

1.

Definition of cloned livestock

Section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6502) is amended—

(1)

by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (21) as paragraphs (7) through (22) respectively; and

(2)

by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:

(6)

Cloned livestock

The term cloned livestock means—

(A)

livestock produced as the result of somatic cell nuclear transfer or other asexual reproduction technologies; and

(B)

the progeny of such livestock.

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2.

National standards for organic production

Section 2105 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6504) is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end;

(2)

by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and

(3)

by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:

(3)

not be cloned livestock, or produced or derived from or containing any part of cloned livestock; and

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