[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S76-S77]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Booker, 
        Ms. Lummis, and Mrs. Gillibrand):
  S. 52. A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to 
establish country of origin labeling requirements for beef, and for 
other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry.
  Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 52

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``American Beef Labeling Act 
     of 2023''.

     SEC. 2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING FOR BEEF.

       (a) Definitions.--Section 281 of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) as 
     paragraphs (2) through (8), respectively;
       (2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) 
     the following:
       ``(1) Beef.--The term `beef' means meat produced from 
     cattle (including veal).''; and
       (3) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) (as so 
     redesignated)--
       (A) in clause (i), by inserting ``, beef,'' after ``lamb''; 
     and

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       (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``, ground beef,'' after 
     ``lamb''.
       (b) Notice of Country of Origin.--Section 282(a)(2) of the 
     Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638a(a)(2)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting ``beef,'' after 
     ``for'';
       (2) in each of subparagraphs (A) through (D), by inserting 
     ``beef,'' before ``lamb'' each place it appears; and
       (3) in subparagraph (E)--
       (A) in the subparagraph heading, by inserting ``beef,'' 
     after ``Ground''; and
       (B) by inserting ``ground beef,'' before ``ground lamb'' 
     each place it appears.
       (c) Means of Reinstating MCOOL for Beef.--
       (1) Determination of means.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the United States Trade 
     Representative, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, shall determine a means of reinstating mandatory 
     country of origin labeling for beef in accordance with the 
     amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) that is in 
     compliance with all applicable rules of the World Trade 
     Organization.
       (2) Implementation of means.--Not later than 1 year after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the United States Trade 
     Representative and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     implement the means determined under paragraph (1).
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) 
     and (b) take effect on the earlier of--
       (1) the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture 
     publishes a determination in the Federal Register that the 
     means determined under paragraph (1) of subsection (c) have 
     been implemented under paragraph (2) of that subsection; and
       (2) the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this Act.
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