[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1940 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1940

 To amend the market name of genetically altered salmon in the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 27, 2021

    Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. 
   Merkley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the market name of genetically altered salmon in the United 
                    States, 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 ``Genetically Engineered Salmon 
Labeling Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    It is the purpose of this Act to ensure that consumers in the 
United States can make informed decisions when purchasing salmon.

SEC. 3. MARKET NAME FOR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding subtitle E of title II of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639 et seq.), or any 
other provision of law, for purposes of applying the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), the acceptable market 
name of any salmon that is genetically engineered shall include the 
words ``Genetically Engineered'' or ``GE'' prior to the existing 
acceptable market name.
    (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, salmon is 
genetically engineered if it has been modified by recombinant DNA 
(rDNA) techniques, including the entire lineage of salmon that contain 
the rDNA modification.
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