S. 536

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.

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110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 536

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 8, 2007

Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. Leahy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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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