[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3732 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3732

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to repeal the recently 
 enacted two-year delay in the implementation of the country of origin 
labeling requirements of such Act for certain agricultural commodities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2004

Mr. Rehberg (for himself and Mr. Peterson of Minnesota) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to repeal the recently 
 enacted two-year delay in the implementation of the country of origin 
labeling requirements of such Act for certain agricultural commodities.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 
              LABELING REQUIREMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 
              1946.

    Section 285 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 
1638d), as amended by section 749 of the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2004 (division A of Public Law 108-199), is amended 
by striking ``September 30, 2006'' and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting ``September 30, 2004.''.
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