[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 384 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 384

  To prohibit the operation during a calendar year of the final rule 
 issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for the 
  designation of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine 
spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, including designation 
of Canada as a minimal-risk region, and the importation into the United 
  States from Canada of certain bovine ruminant products during that 
 calendar year, unless country of origin labeling is required for the 
     retail sale of a covered commodity during that calendar year.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2005

Ms. Herseth (for herself and Mrs. Cubin) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the operation during a calendar year of the final rule 
 issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for the 
  designation of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine 
spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, including designation 
of Canada as a minimal-risk region, and the importation into the United 
  States from Canada of certain bovine ruminant products during that 
 calendar year, unless country of origin labeling is required for the 
     retail sale of a covered commodity during that calendar year.

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

SECTION 1. ANNUAL CONDITION ON APPLICATION OF FINAL RULE REGARDING 
              ESTABLISHMENT OF MINIMAL-RISK REGIONS, INCLUDING CANADA, 
              FOR BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY AND IMPORTATION OF 
              CERTAIN BOVINE RUMINANT PRODUCTS.

    If mandatory country of origin labeling is not required for the 
retail sale of a covered commodity during any calendar year under 
subtitle D of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et 
seq.), during that calendar year--
            (1) the final rule issued by the Secretary of Agriculture 
        on January 4, 2005, amending parts 93, 94, 95, and 96 of title 
        9 of the Code of Federal Regulations to establish standards for 
        the designation of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of 
        bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, to 
        provide for the importation of certain ruminants, ruminant 
        products, and ruminant byproducts from such minimal-risk 
        regions, and to designate Canada as a minimal-risk region (and 
        any successor regulations) shall not apply; and
            (2) any bovine ruminant product that (as of the date of 
        enactment of this Act) was permitted to be imported into the 
        United States from Canada, may not be imported into the United 
        States from Canada.
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