[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4833-S4834]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4958. Mr. FRANKEN 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:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 3. BIOENGINEERED FOOD HEALTH STUDIES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``bioengineering'' has the meaning given such 
     term in section 291 of the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1946 
     (as added by section 1);
       (2) the term ``Director of NIH'' means the Director of the 
     National Institutes of Health; and
       (3) the term ``food'' has the meaning given such term in 
     section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
     U.S.C. 321).
       (b) Establishment.--The Director of NIH shall establish a 
     program under which the Director of NIH shall provide grants 
     to eligible entities to study--
       (1) the potential human health benefits and risks of 
     bioengineered food; and
       (2) the potential human health benefits and risks 
     associated with the use of herbicides and pesticides in 
     growing bioengineered crops.
       (c) Long-term Studies.--In selecting entities to receive 
     grants under this section, the Director of NIH shall give 
     priority to entities that propose to conduct long-term 
     studies or other innovative studies, at the discretion of the 
     Director of NIH.
       (d) Eligible Entities.--Entities eligible for grants under 
     this section include academic institutions, national 
     laboratories, Federal research agencies, State and tribal 
     research agencies, public-private partnerships, and 
     consortiums of 2 or more such entities.
       (e) Reports.--The Director of NIH shall submit to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce of House of Representative periodic 
     reports describing--
       (1) each study for which a grant has been provided under 
     this section;
       (2) any preliminary findings as a result of each such 
     study; and
       (3) a summary of topics that remain uncertain with respect 
     to the potential human health benefits and risks of 
     bioengineered food, and where additional research is still 
     needed.
       (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to

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     carry out this section $50,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.
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