[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4834]
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  SA 4961. Mr. LEAHY 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--
       ``(A) that is produced with genetic engineering techniques, 
     including--
       ``(i) recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA);
       ``(ii) cell fusion;
       ``(iii) micro and macro injection;
       ``(iv) encapsulation; and
       ``(v) gene deletion and doubling; and
       ``(B) for which the genetic material has been altered in a 
     way that does not occur naturally by mating, natural 
     recombination, or conventional breeding.
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