[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 27, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3228. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr. Roberts (for himself and 
Ms. Stabenow) to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and 
continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of 
Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 121__. GRASS-FED LABELING OF CERTAIN MEAT PRODUCTS.

       Subtitle A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
     U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) (as amended by section 10102(b)) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 210B. GRASS-FED LABELING OF CERTAIN MEAT PRODUCTS.

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Covered product.--The term `covered product' means a 
     beef product, a lamb product, a goat product, and a bison 
     product.
       ``(2) Nontherapeutic.--The term `nontherapeutic', with 
     respect to an antibiotic, hormone, or other drug, means 
     administration of the drug to an animal for purposes other 
     than individualized disease treatment or nonroutine disease 
     control, such as growth promotion, feed efficiency, weight 
     gain, or disease prevention.
       ``(b) Establishment of Standard.--The Secretary shall 
     establish a standard for the use of the claim `grass-fed' on 
     covered product labels relating to the raising of animals for 
     the covered products.
       ``(c) Requirements.--In the standard established under 
     subsection (b), the term `grass fed', or any substantially 
     similar word or phrase, shall not be used on the label of any 
     covered product unless the person making the claim submits 
     and continues to submit not less than once every 15 months to 
     the Secretary a certificate indicating that a qualified 
     auditor has determined that all producers supplying animals 
     for the covered product are in compliance with the following 
     standards:
       ``(1) The animal is not confined to a feedlot at any point 
     in their life from birth to slaughter.
       ``(2) The animal is not treated with nontherapeutic 
     antibiotics or hormones from birth to slaughter.
       ``(3) The animal is not fed any diet other than grass or 
     forage after being weaned from the milk of the applicable 
     animal until slaughter.
       ``(4) The animal is provided continuous access to pasture 
     during the grazing season from weaning until slaughter.''.
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