[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 694 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 694

   To remove the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Service to 
                            inspect apples.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 10, 2013

Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
   To remove the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Service to 
                            inspect apples.

    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 ``Apple Red Tape Elimination Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF AMS INSPECTION AUTHORITY OVER APPLES.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, acting through the Agricultural Marketing Service, shall 
have no authority to inspect apples prior to export.
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