3.0.0 5269 2023-01-13T04:48:32Z 2023-01-13T04:48:32Z House H HR 2006-05-02 109 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture Referred to 2006-05-25T18:15:49Z hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2006-05-25T18:15:41Z Referred to 2006-05-02T16:32:20Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2006-05-15T16:46:42Z Referred to 2006-05-02T16:32:25Z 2006-05-25 hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture . Committee 2006-05-25 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research. Committee 2006-05-15 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . Committee 2006-05-02 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-05-02 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-02 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2006-05-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E687-688) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2006-05-02 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2006-05-02 True S000033 Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] Bernard Sanders I VT 0 2006-05-02 True W000187 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] MAXINE WATERS D CA 35 2006-05-02 True O000085 Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] JOHN OLVER D MA W. 1 2006-05-02 True M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 2006-05-02 True N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] JERROLD NADLER D NY 8 2006-05-02 True M000725 Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] GEORGE MILLER D CA 7 2006-05-02 True G000535 Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL V. 4 2006-05-02 True B000944 Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] Sherrod Brown D OH 13 2006-05-02 True S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2006-05-02 True W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2006-05-19 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2006-05-19 False F000339 Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] BARNEY FRANK D MA 4 2006-09-06 False S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2006-09-06 False E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 14 2006-09-06 False A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2006-09-29 False Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Animals Citizen lawsuits Commerce Consumer education Department of Agriculture Fines (Penalties) Food safety Genetic engineering Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Injunctions Judicial review Labeling Law Legal fees Livestock Meat inspection Parties to actions Poultry Public Lands and Natural Resources Science, Technology, Communications Transgenic animals Transgenic plants Agriculture and Food 00 2006-05-02 Introduced in House 2006-05-17T15:38:13Z Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) to deem a food misbranded if it contains or was produced with a genetically engineered material unless its labeling contains statements meeting specified requirements. Requires the periodic testing of such foods transferred along a chain of distribution to assure accuracy of labels, subject to specified exceptions. Excludes, in all three Acts, food: (1) served in restaurants; or (2) prepared primarily in a retail establishment, ready for human consumption, but not offered for sale for immediate consumption in the establishment.

Excludes, for the FDCA, a medical food as defined in the Orphan Drug Act.

Subjects violators to civil monetary penalties, exempting recipients who accept a guarantee of the absence of genetically engineered material in good faith or producers whose food inadvertently becomes contaminated by genetically engineered material. Authorizes citizen suits as specified.

]]> Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act Display Title Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that food that contains a genetically engineered material, or that is produced with a genetically engineered material, be labeled accordingly. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act Introduced in House 2006-05-02T04:00:00Z 2006-05-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture . 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.