[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1750 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1750

 To modify the minimum required weight of orange juice soluble solids.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2023

 Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida (for himself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, 
 Mr. Waltz, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. 
Rutherford, Mr. Posey, Mr. Steube, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Soto, Mr. 
 Bilirakis, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. 
 Gimenez, Mrs. Luna, and Mr. Buchanan) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To modify the minimum required weight of orange juice soluble solids.

    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 ``Defending Domestic Orange Juice 
Production Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REVISION OF PASTEURIZED ORANGE JUICE STANDARDS.

    (a) In General.--Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, 
the standard of identity for ``pasteurized orange juice'', established 
in section 146.140 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be 
deemed to require finished pasteurized orange juice to contain not less 
than 10.0 percent by weight of orange juice soluble solids, exclusive 
of the solids of any added optional sweetening ingredients.
    (b) Regulation Authority.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to promulgate regulations to amend the standard of identity 
for pasteurized orange juice.
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