[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5720]
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  SA 2371. Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Grassley, Ms. 
Heitkamp, Mr. Thune, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Brown, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Casey, 
and Mr. Enzi) 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 end of division F, add the following:

     SEC. 62____. 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 redesignated by paragraph 
     (2))--
       (A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:
       ``(i) muscle cuts of lamb and venison;'';
       (B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:
       ``(ii) ground lamb and ground venison;'';
       (C) in clause (vi), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (D) by striking clause (viii); and
       (E) 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)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``subsection (b)'' and 
     inserting ``subsections (b) and (c)''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``beef, lamb, 
     pork, chicken,''; and inserting ``lamb,'';
       (ii) in subparagraphs (A) through (D), by striking ``beef, 
     lamb, pork, chicken,'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``lamb,''; and
       (iii) in subparagraph (E)--

       (I) in the subparagraph 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,'';

       (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as 
     subsections (d) through (g), respectively;
       (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Voluntary Designation of Country of Origin for Beef, 
     Pork, and Chicken.--
       ``(1) Definition of packer.--In this subsection, the term 
     `packer' has the meaning given the term in section 201 of the 
     Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 191)).
       ``(2) Voluntary designation.--As determined by the 
     Secretary, a packer of beef, pork, or chicken may voluntarily 
     designate any raw single-ingredient beef, pork, or chicken 
     intended for retail sale as exclusively having a United 
     States country of origin only if the beef, pork, or chicken 
     meets the requirements of clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of 
     subsection (a)(2)(A).
       ``(3) Enforcement.--The Secretary shall ensure compliance 
     with paragraph (2) in the same manner as the Secretary 
     ensures compliance with subsection (a)(2)(A).
       ``(4) Savings clause.--
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     nothing in this paragraph affects any other Federal marketing 
     or regulatory program or similar State initiative.
       ``(B) United states country of origin.--No Federal agency, 
     State, or political establishment of a State may establish or 
     enforce a statute or administrative action that provides for 
     the labeling of any beef, pork, or chicken intended for 
     retail sale as exclusively having a United States country of 
     origin in a manner that is less stringent than, or otherwise 
     inconsistent with, the requirements of paragraph (2) and 
     subsection (a)(2)(A).''; and
       (4) in paragraph (2) of subsection (g) (as redesignated by 
     paragraph (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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