[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4972. Mr. SASSE 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:

       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. LABELING OF CERTAIN FOOD.

       The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et 
     seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

                 ``Subtitle E--Labeling of Certain Food

     ``SEC. 291. FEDERAL PREEMPTION.

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this subtitle:
       ``(1) Food.--The term `food' has the meaning given the term 
     in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
     (21 U.S.C. 321).
       ``(2) Genetically engineered.--The term `genetically 
     engineered' has the meaning given the term in the Coordinated 
     Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology, published June 
     26, 1986, and February 27, 1992 (51 Fed. Reg. 23302; 57 Fed. 
     Reg. 6753).
       ``(b) Federal Preemption.--No State or a political 
     subdivision of a State may directly or indirectly establish 
     under any authority or continue in effect as to any food or 
     seed in interstate commerce any requirement relating to the 
     labeling of whether a food (including food served in a 
     restaurant or similar establishment) or seed is genetically 
     engineered or was developed or produced using genetic 
     engineering, including any requirement for claims that a food 
     or seed is or contains an ingredient that was developed or 
     produced using genetic engineering.''.

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