[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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