Country of Origin Labeling Amendment Act of 2003

3.0.0 3083 2023-01-15T06:48:05Z 2023-01-15T06:48:05Z House H HR 2003-09-11 108 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2003-09-11T14:01:20Z 2003-09-22 hsag00 Agriculture Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from USDA. Committee 2003-09-11 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2003-09-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-09-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 N R000571 Rep. Rehberg, Dennis R. [R-MT-At Large] DENNIS REHBERG R MT R. 0 2003-09-11 True H000444 Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] JOEL HEFLEY R CO 5 2003-09-11 True O000006 Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] JAMES OBERSTAR D MN L. 8 2003-09-11 True J000286 Rep. Janklow, William J. [R-SD-At Large] William Janklow R SD J. 0 2003-09-11 True M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2003-09-11 True C000962 Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large] BARBARA CUBIN R WY 0 2003-09-17 False Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Agriculture in foreign trade Animals Business records Commerce Department of Agriculture Farmers Fines (Penalties) Fishes Food service Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Indemnity Labeling Law Liability (Law) Livestock Meat Meat packing industry Retail trade Tax returns Taxation Agriculture and Food

00 2003-09-11 Introduced in House 2003-10-01T16:09:17Z Country of Origin Labeling Amendment Act of 2003 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to revise country of origin labeling provisions, including: (1) specifying the model certification of origin program; (2) specifying producer protections; (3) reducing maximum retailer fines; (4) prohibiting treatment of country of origin violations as adulteration or misbranding; and (5) extending the implementing guideline deadline.

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Country of Origin Labeling Amendment Act of 2003 Display Title Country of Origin Labeling Amendment Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To amend the country-of origin labeling requirements of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to specify the model upon which the certification program for producers shall be based, to facilitate verification of compliance with the requirements, to impose a schedule of penalties for violation of the requirements, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Country of Origin Labeling Amendment Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-09-11T04:00:00Z 2003-09-22 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.