[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
[Senate]
[Page S]
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                  NUTRITION LABELING AND EDUCATION ACT

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Labor and 
Human Resources Committee be discharged from further consideration of 
S. 2087, a bill to extend the time period for compliance with the 
Nutrition Labeling Education Act of 1990; that the Senate proceed to 
its immediate consideration; that the bill be amended by a substitute 
amendment, which I send to the desk on behalf of Senators Bumpers and 
Hatch; and that the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; 
that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; and that any 
statements thereon appear in the Record at the appropriate place as 
though read.
  The amendment (No. 1719) is as follows:

       Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu 
     thereof the following:
       Before August 8, 1994, sections 403(q) and 403 (r)(2) of 
     the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the provision 
     of section 408(i) of such Act added by section 7(2) of the 
     Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, shall not apply 
     with respect to a food product which is contained in a 
     package for which the label was printed before May 8, 1994 
     (or before August 8, 1994, in the case of a juice or milk 
     food product if the person responsible for the labeling of 
     such food product exercised due diligence in obtaining before 
     such date labels which are in compliance with such sections 
     403(q) and 403(r)(2) and such provision of section 408(i)), 
     if, before June 15, 1994, the person who introduces or 
     delivers for introduction such food product into interstate 
     commerce submits to the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services a certification that such person will comply with 
     this section and will comply with such sections 403(q) and 
     403(r)(2) and such provision of section 408(i) after August 
     8, 1994.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  So the bill (S. 2087), as amended, was deemed read the third time and 
passed.
  (The text of S. 2087 will appear in a future edition of the Record.)

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