| HR 2270 IH
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2270
To amend the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 to extend the country of origin labeling requirements
of such Act to additional agricultural commodities, to provide for the
implementation of such requirements to certain covered commodities, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 22, 2003
Mr. THORNBERRY introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 to extend the country of origin labeling requirements
of such Act to additional agricultural commodities, to provide for the
implementation of such requirements to certain covered commodities, and
for other purposes.
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 `Farm Commodity Fair Labeling Act of 2003'.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL COVERED COMMODITIES
FOR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING.
(a) INCLUSION OF POULTRY
AND GOATS- Section 281 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C.
1638) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)--
(A) by redesignating clauses
(iii), (iv), (v), and (vi) as clauses (v), (vi), (vii), and (viii), respectively;
and
(B) by inserting after clause
(ii) the following new clauses:
`(iv) muscle cuts and ground
meat produced from goats.';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs
(8) and (9) as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph
(7) the following new paragraph:
`(8) POULTRY PRODUCT- The
term `poultry product' means the carcass of a chicken or turkey, or any
part thereof, or a product that is made wholly or in part from the carcass
of a chicken or turkey, or any part thereof.'.
(b) DESIGNATION OF UNITED
STATES AS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN- Section 282(a)(2)(B) of the Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638a(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking `and pork'
and inserting `, pork, goats, and poultry products'.
(c) APPLICABILITY- Subtitle
D of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended by subsection (a),
shall apply to the retail sale of covered commodities produced from goats,
chickens, or turkeys beginning on the later of the following:
(2) 60 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF COUNTRY
OF ORIGIN LABELING REQUIREMENTS TO COVERED COMMODITIES DERIVED FROM ANIMALS.
Section 285 of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638d) is amended by adding at the end
the following new sentence: `However, section 282(a)(1) does not apply
to the retailer of a covered commodity that is derived in whole or in part
from an animal born before October 1, 2004, or likely born before that
date, but whose birthdate is not readily verifiable.'.
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