[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5546]
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SA 2302. Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Burr, Mr.
Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Risch, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Tillis, Mr.
Boozman, and Mr. Perdue) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. REPEAL OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING REQUIREMENTS
FOR BEEF, PORK, AND CHICKEN.
(a) Definitions.--Section 281 of the Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (7);
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6),
(8), and (9) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and
(7), respectively; and
(3) in paragraph (1)(A) (as so redesignated)--
(A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the following new
clause:
``(i) muscle cuts of lamb and venison;'';
(B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following new
clause:
``(ii) ground lamb and ground venison;'';
(C) by striking clause (viii); and
(D) by redesignating clauses (ix), (x), and (xi) as clauses
(viii), (ix), and (x), respectively.
(b) Notice of Country of Origin.--Section 282 of the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638a) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2)--
(A) in the heading, by striking ``beef, lamb, pork,
chicken,'' and inserting ``lamb,'';
(B) by striking ``beef, lamb, pork, chicken,'' and
inserting ``lamb,'' each place it appears in subparagraphs
(A), (B), (C), and (D); and
(C) in subparagraph (E)--
(i) in the heading, by striking ``Ground beef, pork, lamb,
chicken,'' and inserting ``Ground lamb,''; and
(ii) by striking ``ground beef, ground pork, ground lamb,
ground chicken,'' each place it appears and inserting
``ground lamb,''; and
(2) in subsection (f)(2)--
(A) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C); and
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as
subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.
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