[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1904 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1904

   To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of 
  Agriculture to conduct a study of the economic impact of the use of 
bovine growth hormone on the dairy industry and the Federal milk price 
 support program, to temporarily prohibit the sale of milk produced by 
   cows injected with bovine growth hormone, and to require that the 
   Secretary of Agriculture issue regulations temporarily requiring 
 records to be kept by producers regarding the manufacture and sale of 
             bovine growth hormone, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1993

   Mr. Obey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of 
  Agriculture to conduct a study of the economic impact of the use of 
bovine growth hormone on the dairy industry and the Federal milk price 
 support program, to temporarily prohibit the sale of milk produced by 
   cows injected with bovine growth hormone, and to require that the 
   Secretary of Agriculture issue regulations temporarily requiring 
 records to be kept by producers regarding the manufacture and sale of 
             bovine growth hormone, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bovine Growth Hormone Moratorium Act 
of 1993''.

SEC. 2. SALE OF MILK PRODUCED WITH BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE.

    Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446e) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(k) Sale of Milk Produced with Bovine Growth Hormone.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--As used in this subsection:
                    ``(A) Bovine growth hormone.--The term `bovine 
                growth hormone' means--
                            ``(i) a substance known as bovine 
                        somatotropin, bST, BST, bGH, or BGH; and
                            ``(ii) a growth hormone, intended for use 
                        in bovine, that has been produced through 
                        recombinant DNA techniques.
                    ``(B) Cow.--The term `Cow' means a bovine animal.
            ``(2) Prohibition on sale.--During the period beginning 
        thirty days after the date of enactment of the Bovine Growth 
        Hormone Moratorium Act of 1993 and ending one year after the 
        date of enactment of the Bovine Growth Hormone Moratorium Act 
        of 1993 it shall be unlawful for a person to market for 
        commercial use milk produced by a cow after the cow was 
        injected with bovine growth hormone if the person knew, or 
        should have known, that the cow was injected with the hormone 
        and that the milk could be marketed for commercial use.
            ``(3) Records.--
                    ``(A) In general.--During the period referred to in 
                paragraph (2), a person who sells bovine growth hormone 
                or injects the hormone into a cow shall prepare and 
                maintain records that comply with the regulations 
                issued by the Secretary under subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Regulations.--
                            ``(i) Persons covered.--Not later than 
                        thirty days after the date of enactment of the 
                        Bovine Growth Hormone Moratorium Act of 1993, 
                        the Secretary shall issue regulations that 
                        require--
                                    ``(I) persons who sell bovine 
                                growth hormone, and
                                    ``(II) persons who inject bovine 
                                growth hormone into cows,
                        to create and maintain records that contain the 
                        applicable information specified in clause 
                        (ii).
                            ``(ii) Information.--Regulations issued 
                        under this subparagraph shall require records 
                        to contain a description of--
                                    ``(I) the quality and source of the 
                                bovine growth hormone obtained (by 
                                manufacture, purchase, or any other 
                                means);
                                    ``(II) the date on which the 
                                hormone was obtained; and
                                    ``(III) the identity of each person 
                                to whom the hormone was sold or 
                                otherwise distributed, the cows into 
                                which any portion of the hormone was 
                                injected, and each person who has an 
                                operator or ownership interest in the 
                                cows.
            ``(4) Penalties.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), a person who violates paragraph (2) 
                or (3) shall be liable for a civil penalty of $1,000.
                    ``(B) Multiple violations.--A person who commits 
                more than one violation of paragraph (2), or more than 
                one violation of paragraph (3), shall be liable for a 
                civil penalty of $10,000 for each such violation after 
                the first such violation.
                    ``(C) Separate violations.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph--
                            ``(i) each day on which a person sells milk 
                        in violation of paragraph (2) shall be treated 
                        as a separate violation of paragraph (2) by the 
                        person; and
                            ``(ii) each day on which a person sells or 
                        injects bovine growth hormone in violation of 
                        paragraph (3) shall be treated as a separate 
                        violation of paragraph (3) by the person.
            ``(5) Study and report.--Not later than six months after 
        the date of enactment of the Bovine Growth Hormone Moratorium 
        Act of 1993, the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) conduct a study of the economic impact of the 
                use of bovine growth hormone on the dairy industry and 
                the Federal milk price support program established 
                under this section; and
                    ``(B) submit to the appropriate committees of 
                Congress a report summarizing in detail the results of 
                the study.''.

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