[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3307]
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  SA 1910. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology 
and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a 
regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on 
economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and 
job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN LABELING FOR BEEF, 
                   PORK, AND OTHER MEAT PRODUCTS.

       Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the United States Trade Representative, in 
     conjunction with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall submit 
     to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on 
     the ruling issued by the World Trade Organization in 2015 on 
     country-of-origin labeling for beef, pork, and other meat 
     products that includes--
       (1) an assessment of the impact of the ruling on--
       (A) consumer awareness regarding the origin of meat 
     consumed in the United States;
       (B) agricultural producers in the United States; and
       (C) the security and resilience of the food supply in the 
     United States; and
       (2) if the assessment under paragraph (1) indicates that 
     the ruling or other market factors in the United States, 
     including consolidation of meat processors, changes in diet 
     and preferences, or other factors, have had a negative impact 
     on consumers in the United States, agricultural producers in 
     the United States, or the overall security and resilience of 
     the food supply in the United States, recommendations for 
     such legislative or administrative action as the Trade 
     Representative, in conjunction with the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, considers appropriate--
       (A) to better inform consumers in the United States;
       (B) to support agricultural producers in the United States; 
     and
       (C) to improve the security and resilience of the food 
     supply in the United States.
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