Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 29. 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken. Country of origin labeling requirements are administered by the Department of Agriculture and require a retailer to inform consumers of the country of origin of a covered commodity.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2393 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2393

 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to repeal country of 
 origin labeling requirements with respect to beef, pork, and chicken, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2015

  Mr. Conaway (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. David Scott of 
     Georgia, Mr. Goodlatte, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Vela, Mr. 
   Neugebauer, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Farr, Mr. Thompson of 
   Pennsylvania, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
Ashford, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mrs. 
Walorski, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Vargas, Mr. 
Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Cuellar, Mrs. 
 Hartzler, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Denham, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. 
 Yoho, Mr. Bost, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Upton, 
   Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Rooney of 
Florida, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Blum, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Young 
of Iowa, Mr. Womack, Mr. Long, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. 
Fincher, Mr. Allen, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. Hill, Mr. Rice of South 
   Carolina, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, and Mr. Ribble) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to repeal country of 
 origin labeling requirements with respect to beef, pork, and chicken, 
                        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. REPEAL OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR BEEF, 
              PORK, AND CHICKEN.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 281 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (7);
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), 
        (8), and (9) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and 
        (7), respectively; and
            (3) in paragraph (1)(A) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the 
                following new clause:
                            ``(i) muscle cuts of lamb and venison;'';
                    (B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 
                following new clause:
                            ``(ii) ground lamb and ground venison;'';
                    (C) by striking clause (viii); and
                    (D) by redesignating clauses (ix), (x), and (xi) as 
                clauses (viii), (ix), and (x), respectively.
    (b) Notice of Country of Origin.--Section 282 of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``beef, lamb, pork, 
                chicken,'' and inserting ``lamb,'';
                    (B) by striking ``beef, lamb, pork, chicken,'' and 
                inserting ``lamb,'' each place it appears in 
                subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D); and
                    (C) in subparagraph (E)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking ``Ground 
                        beef, pork, lamb, chicken,'' and inserting 
                        ``Ground lamb,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``ground beef, ground 
                        pork, ground lamb, ground chicken,'' each place 
                        it appears and inserting ``ground lamb,''; and
            (2) in subsection (f)(2)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C); and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as 
                subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.
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