[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4953. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 4935 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Roberts) to the 
bill S. 764, to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College 
Program Act, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 2, strike lines 1 through 10 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(1) Bioengineering.--The term `bioengineering', and any 
     similar term, as determined by the Secretary, with respect to 
     a food, refers to a food or food ingredient that is produced 
     with--
       ``(A) in vitro nucleic acid techniques, including 
     recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and direct injection 
     of nucleic acid into cells or organelles; or
       ``(B) fusion of cells beyond the taxonomic family,
     that overcome natural physiological reproductive or 
     recombinant barriers and that are not techniques used in 
     traditional breeding and selection..''.
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